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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.63.1
People
Possibly by René Boyvin, French (Angers c. 1530 - c. 1598 Angers(?))
Possibly by Pierre Milan, French (active c. 1542 - 1556)
After Leonard Thiry, French (active Fontainebleau, 1536 - 1550 Antwerp)
Title
Saturn
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Grotesques with Classical Divinities
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1540-1550
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349713

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 17.4 x 10.7 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved, upper margin, center: 1
  • legend: engraved, lower margin: Quid prodest Saturne pater deglubere natos?
  • inscription: The inscription is the determinant for the second state. It replaces an ascription of the design to Thiry. The marks of the burnisher removing this earlier inscription are clearly visible.: engraved: Rous Floren. [Rosso Fiorentino]
  • inscription: inscribed, verso, upper left corner, in blue ink in a circle: 25

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Robert-Dumesnil VIII (under Boyvin) 119

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.63.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/13/2019 - 07/24/2019

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