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Image: The Death of Meleager

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The Death of Meleager

1543
16th century
312 x 424 mm (12.3 x 16.7 in.)

Formerly attributed to Nicolas Béatrizet, French, (1507–ca. 1565)
After Francesco Salviati, Italian, (1510–1563)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Engraving on laid paper
State: First of three states
Print impression quality: Excellent
Edition: Published by Antonio Salamanca
Marks: Inscribed in plate, below image: title and date
Marks: Watermark: Anchor similar to Briquet 491 (Florence 1519)
Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Paul Davidsohn (Lugt 654}; Davidsohn sale catalogue, lot 314 (Boerner, Leipzig, March 1920); lot number inscribed in pencil on verso, lower right. Initials of an unidentified collector stamped in blue, verso: “A.B.”
Bibliography: Bartsch 41 (vol. 15, p. 260); Robert-Dumesnil 32 (vol. 9, p. 152); Patricia Emison, The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence (Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, 2006), cat. no. 23, pp. 47–49.
Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds in honor of Jeannette and David Redden (BA Wesleyan 1971), 1988
Accession Number: 1988.16.1

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This object has the following keywords:
death, Mannerist, mythology, nudes*
  • death
  • Mannerist
  • mythology
  • nudes - Representations of unclothed human figures. [February 1998 related term added, "nudity"; alternate descriptor changed, was "nude". September 1990 descriptor added.]

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  • plate Dimensions: 312 x 424 mm (12.3 x 16.7 in.)

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