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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.375
People
Unidentified Artist
Published by Niccolò Nelli, Italian (Venice c. 1530 - c. 1575)
Title
Four Mythological Landscapes
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370349

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 51 × 37.6 cm (20 1/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
first etching: 7.1 × 25.4 cm (2 13/16 × 10 in.)
second etching: 7.3 × 24 cm (2 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
third etching: 6.9 × 24.5 cm (2 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
fourth etching: 7.3 × 25.2 cm (2 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: first etching, in plate, lower left: NN. exc
  • inscription: second etching, in plate, lower right: NN. exc
  • inscription: third etching, in plate, lower right: NN. exc
  • inscription: fourth etching, in plate, lower left: NN. exc
  • watermark: upper center between first and second print: Doubletail mermaid, woman, encircled (approx. Italian, c. 1509-1520's /early 1500's) (Reference: C.M. Briquet Les Filigranes)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Hill-Stone, New York] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 2010, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.375
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
four etchings printed on one sheet

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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