The Death of Meleager

Nicolas Beatrizet, Francesco de' Rossi1543

Details

Title: The Death of Meleager
Creator: Nicolas Béatrizet after Francesco Salviati
Date Created: 1543
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, below image: title and date
Print State: First of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds in honor of Jeannette and David Redden (B.A. Wesleyan 1971), 1988
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper. Watermark: Anchor similar to Briquet 491 (Florence 1519)
Keywords: death, Mannerist, mythology, nudes
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published by Antonio Salamanca
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 312 mm x 424 mm (12.28 in. x 16.69 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 41 (vol. 15, p. 260); Robert-Dumesnil 32 (IX, 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.
Associated People: Created by Nicolas Béatrizet (French, born 1507 or 1515, died ca. 1565), After Francesco Salviati (Italian, 1510-1563)
Accession Number: 1988.16.1

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