The Highwaymen, 1633

  • Claude Gellée, French, 1600-1682

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Image: 4 7/8 × 7 5/8 inches (12.4 × 19.4 cm) Sheet (no visible plate mark): 5 1/8 × 7 7/8 inches (13 × 20 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S294

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in plate, lower right: [illegible signature]

Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) 1886 [date added in ink]

Inscribed, in pencil, verso: original Etching | See Robert Dumesnil No. 12 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [illegible notations]

April 1886, Dorman sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Claude Gellée, The Highwaymen, 1633, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S294.