About the Artwork
Ball
17th century
Jan de Visscher (Artist) Dutch, 1636-1692 Nicolaes Berchem (Artist) Dutch, 1620-1683 Justus Danckerts (Publisher) Dutch, 1666-1692
Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 18 1/4 × 14 3/4 inches (46.4 × 37.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1194
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, in plate below image, lower center: Johannes Visscher fecit.
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: Berghem pinxit. Inscribed, lower right: Justus Danckerts excudit. Cum | Privelegio Ordin: Hollandiae et West - F ( )
Provenance
December 1894, Huneker Sale (New York, USA).Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.];
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Dutuit, E. Maneul de l'Amateur d'Estampes. Paris: A. Levy, 1881-1888, vol. 6, p. 529, iv [not consulted].
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Jan de Visscher; after Nicolaes Berchem, Ball, 17th century, etching and engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1194.
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