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Perseus killing Medusa

Maker

(artist)
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

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) :

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