Perseus killing Medusa
Maker
(artist)
1560-1609
(etcher)
1606-1668
(publisher)
1588-1647
1560-1609
(etcher)
1606-1668
(publisher)
1588-1647
Title
Perseus killing Medusa
Date of Production
1637
Medium
etching
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 43.7 cm
Width: 43.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.35
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Provenance - Sir Joshua Reynolds Collection mark on verso
Exhibition History
Sir Joshua Reynolds - The Acquisition of Genius, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, 21/11/2009-21/02/2010
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : on image, lower centre & recto : : F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Cum Privilegio Regis Christianissimi //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin, left & recto : : Hannibal Carratius Bononiensis, / Pictor eximius, invenit et pinxit / Romae, in aedibus Farnesianis. 1607 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Nicolaus Mignard Pictor Threce[n]sis / ad prototypi instar delineavit Romae, / et in aqua forti incidit Avenione. 1637. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Vindice Gorgoneum PERSEVS caput amputat ense.... //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : verso : stamp of Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364) :
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin, left & recto : : Hannibal Carratius Bononiensis, / Pictor eximius, invenit et pinxit / Romae, in aedibus Farnesianis. 1607 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Nicolaus Mignard Pictor Threce[n]sis / ad prototypi instar delineavit Romae, / et in aqua forti incidit Avenione. 1637. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Vindice Gorgoneum PERSEVS caput amputat ense.... //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : verso : stamp of Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364) :
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