About the Artwork
Noah's Ark
18th century
Charles Francois Hutin (Artist) French, 1715-1776 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Artist) Italian, 1616 - 1670 Pierre Alexandre Aveline (Artist) French, 1702-1760
Engraving printed in black on laid paper
plate: 16 5/8 x 20 in. 42.2 x 50.7 cm sheet: 27 3/8 x 21 in. 69.5 x 53.3 cm
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892
1991.109
Public Domain
Markings
In plate, lower left: C. Hutin del.; lower right: P. Aveline Sculp.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Giovan Benedetto Castiglione, / dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda, / Largo Piedi 6. Oncie 11. Alto Piedi 5. Oncie 2.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Jean Benoit Castiglione, / de la Galerie Royale de Dresde, / Large 6. Pieds 11. Pouces, Haut 5. Pieds 2. Pouces.; lower right corner: 31.; in black ink, below Aveline: b. 1710-; below Castiglione: 1616-1670 / (Genoa); lower center: Noah leading the animals into the Ark.; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard. / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 3
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Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN: Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 317.
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Pierre Alexandre Aveline; after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione; after Charles Francois Hutin, Noah's Ark, 18th century, Engraving printed in black on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.109.
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