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Putti with sea monsters

Print
1600-1606 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate 2, copy in reverse.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePutti with sea monsters (Suite title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Putto reclining on a sea monster. German, about 1606.
Physical description
Plate 2, copy in reverse.
Dimensions
  • Plate mark height: 7.9cm
  • Plate mark width: 12.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Numbered with '2' in reverse in the top centre of the image.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.309, 4 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 4350.
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenthy Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 3, p.262.
Collection
Accession number
25676:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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