The Dying Seneca

18th century

Charles Francois Hutin, Artist Luca Giordano, Artist Pierre Alexandre Aveline, Artist

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Title The Dying Seneca

Artwork Date 18th century

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

Medium Engraving printed in black on wove paper

Dimensions 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

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1991.108

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Inscriptions 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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