About the Artwork
Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis
1612
Adam Elsheimer (Artist) German, 1574-1620 Hendrik Goudt (Artist) 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)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S554
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, below image: [Latin inscription]
Stamped, verso: Scripps 1889 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
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)
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Andersen, A. Handbuch fur Kupferstich Sammler. Leipzig, 1870-1873, no. 6.
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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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