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Prometheus Chained to the Rocks of Caucasus

Cornelis Cort, Artist Titian, Artist
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Prometheus Chained to the Rocks of Caucasus

1566

Cornelis Cort (Artist) Netherlandish, 1533-1578 Titian (Artist) Italian, ca.1488-1576

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Plate (irreg.): 15 1/8 × 12 3/8 inches (38.4 × 31.4 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 12 5/8 inches (39.7 × 32.1 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S325

Public Domain

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Inscribed, in plate, lower right center of image: Titianus 1566 Inscribed, lower right edge: Cun Privilegio Inscribed, pencil notation, lower left margin: [illegible] Inscribed, in pencil, center bottom margin: C. Cort del.

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October 1887, F. Meyer (Dresden).
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 2020, p. 10.

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Cornelis Cort; after Titian, Prometheus Chained to the Rocks of Caucasus, 1566, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S325.

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