Achilles and the river god Scamander

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Maker

(artist)
1658-1736
(printmaker)
1673 - ca. 1750 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1663-1724 (Life dates)

Title

Achilles and the river god Scamander

Date of Production

(?) 1721

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Object Number

B.1990.WL.1.12

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : V. Ianssens inv. delin. I. B. Probst Sculp. / Hostes sternentem fluvius submergere tentat, / Ast siccat flammas Mulciber ignis ope. / Da ihn von Rach entbrandt der Fluss wolt uberscwemmen, / Musst der Vulcan durch Feur desselben Flutten demen. / 12. //

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