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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.57.1
People
Monogramist B. L. (active 1626-1634)
Possibly by Balthazar Lemersier (active 1626-1634)
After Lukas Kilian, German (1579 - 1637)
Possibly by Giovanni Termini (active c. 1635)
Title
Grotesque with a Man Riding Backwards on a Donkey
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: New Little Book of Ornament
Original Language Title: Newes Gradesca Büchlein
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349706

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 18.9 x 14 cm (7 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: B. L.
  • inscription: engraved, to the right of the base of the central motif: 1
  • inscription: engraved to the left and right of the base of the central motif: B. [left] L. [right]
  • inscription: engraved along the lower edge at the right corner: Gio:Temini F. Venetia.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
see Fuhring 500

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.57.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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