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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.57.9
People
Monogramist B. L. (active 1626-1634)
Possibly by Balthazar Lemersier (active 1626-1634)
After Lukas Kilian, German (1579 - 1637)
Giovanni Termini (active c. 1635)
Title
Grotesque with Venus and Adonis
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Grotesque Ornaments for Goldsmiths
Original Language Title: Newes Gradesca Büchlein
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349851

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 19.2 x 14.1 cm (7 9/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: B. L.
  • inscription: engraved, above the frog at the left of the base of the central motif: 9
  • inscription: engraved, in the background within the base of the central motif at left and right of a female winged torso: B. [left] L. [right]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
see Fuhring 508

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.57.9
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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