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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R4845
People
Theodoor Galle, Flemish (Antwerp 1571 - 1633 Antwerp)
After Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)
Title
Count Ugolino and his Children in the Tower of Famine
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/238354

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR:"144; Flemish School; 3.00"
    [transcribed from the original mount]:"Count Ugolino in the tower of famine; The rarest print of the master; The river god is the Arno; Stradan, inv.; Theodore Galle sc."

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
H. 400

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R4845
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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