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The Dying Seneca

Charles Francois Hutin, Artist Luca Giordano, Artist Pierre Alexandre Aveline, Artist
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The Dying Seneca

18th century

Charles Francois Hutin (Artist) French, 1715-1776 Luca Giordano (Artist) Italian, 1634-1705 Pierre Alexandre Aveline (Artist) French, 1702-1760

Engraving printed in black on wove paper

plate: 15 x 20 3/4 in. 38.1 x 52.6 cm sheet: 21 3/4 x 27 in. 55.2 x 68.5 cm

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892

1991.108

Public Domain

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In plate, lower left: C. Hutin del.; lower right: P. Aveline Sc.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Luca Giordano / cavato dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda / Alto Piedi 5. Onc: 3. Largo Piedi 8. Onc: 1:; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Luc: Jordan / de la Gallerie Royale de Dresde / Haut: 5. Pieds 3. Pouc: Larg: 8. Pi: 1. Pouc:; lower left corner: T.I.; lower right corner: No. 38.; in brown ink below Hutin: abt. 1760; after Aveline: b. 1718; in black ink, lower center: The dying Seneca; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard, / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 4

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Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN: Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 314.

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Pierre Alexandre Aveline; after Luca Giordano; after Charles Francois Hutin, The Dying Seneca, 18th century, Engraving printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.108.

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The Dying Seneca
The Dying Seneca