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Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis

Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis, 1612

  • Adam Elsheimer, German, 1574-1620
  • Hendrik Goudt, Dutch, 1585-1630

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 8 3/8 × 8 7/8 inches (21.3 × 22.5 cm) Sheet: 8 5/8 × 9 1/8 inches (21.9 × 23.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S554

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Stamped, verso: Scripps 1889 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, below image: [Latin inscription]

April 1887, Noseda Strand (London, England). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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

Andersen, A. Handbuch fur Kupferstich Sammler. Leipzig, 1870-1873, no. 6.

Hendrik Goudt; after Adam Elsheimer, Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis, 1612, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S554.

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