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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.198
People
Michel Dorigny, French (Saint-Quentin 1617 - 1685 Paris)
After Simon Vouet, French (Paris 1590 - 1649 Paris)
Title
Venus and Adonis
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1638
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356506

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 16 × 21 cm (6 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 16.6 × 21.5 cm (6 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: S. Voüet pinxit. / Cú privil.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: M. Dorigny scul / Pariƒ 1638
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 48019
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: R.P.T IVP 248 [illeg.] 64.
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 11668 / [illeg. text, erased]
  • inscription: bottom, brown ink: [illegible text, cut off]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Van Loock Antiquarian Books, Brussels], sold; to [Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA, c. 2000], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Robert-Dumesnil 61; IFF, vol. III, cat. no. 61, p. 481

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Jan Paul Richter and Ellen von Seggern Richter
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.198
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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