Tityus Gnawed by the Vulture | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G251
People: Nicolas Beatrizet the Younger, Italian (active 1540 - 1565)
After Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy)
Title: Tityus Gnawed by the Vulture
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 16th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/276094

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Otto. Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/iii
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 39

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G251
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

William L. Pressly, America's Paper Money: A Canvas for an Emerging Nation, Smithsonian Scholarly Press (Washington, D.C., 2023), pp. 16-17, repr. p. 17 as fig. 12

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G251: Tityus Gnawed by the Vulture