About the Artwork
The Ass
17th century
Govaert van der Leeuw
1645-1688
Dutch
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 4 1/4 × 6 inches (10.8 × 15.2 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S682
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in ink, verso: F. Rechberger - 1804 (Lugt 2133) (curator of Count Von Fries)
Stamped, verso: Scripps 1885 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
Count von Fries?
January 1885, (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Govaert van der Leeuw, The Ass, 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S682.
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