About the Artwork
Four Genii in Clouds
17th century
After Cornelis van Poelenburgh (Artist) Dutch, 1594/95 - 1667 Jan de Bisschop (Artist) Dutch, 1628-1671
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 2 7/8 × 4 3/8 inches (7.3 × 11.1 cm) Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 inches (8.9 × 12.7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S874
Public Domain
Markings
Stamped, in blue, verso: K. F. F. von Nagler (Lugt 2592) Stamped, in black and brown verso: Kupferstichkabinett der Staalichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606 and 2482) Stamped, verso: Scripps 1895 (Lugt 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler;Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany);
December 1895, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hollstein. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, vol. XVII. Amsterdam, 1976, p. 142.
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Jan de Bisschop; after Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Four Genii in Clouds, 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S874.
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