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Death of Ajax
ca. 1608
Giuseppe Nicola Rossigliani (Artist) Italian, active early 16th century Polidoro da Caravaggio (Artist) Italian, ca. 1499-1543 Andrea Andreani (Publisher) Italian, 1546-1623
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black, gray and brown ink on laid paper
Image and sheet: 12 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (31.4 × 41.6 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1187
This work is in the public domain.
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Inscribed, on block, lower right: POLIDORO DA CARAVAGIO | INVENT (Andreani monogram) in mantoua 1608
Provenance
1866-1867, Pietro Malenza sale (Leipzig, Germany)
September 1887, C.J. Meyer (Carlsbad). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Giuseppe Nicola Rossigliani; after Polidoro da Caravaggio, Death of Ajax, ca. 1608, chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black, gray and brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1187.
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