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The Proud Vanquished, between late 17th and early 18th century

  • Gerard de Lairesse, Flemish, 1641-1711

Etching printed in black ink on laid? paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 12 3/8 × 8 1/8 inches (31.4 × 20.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S670

Stamped, verso: Scripps 1887 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower center: Debellare Superbos Inscribed, lower left: G. Lairess inv. et Sculp. Inscribed, lower right: Amstolodam.

March 1887, M. Bruckner. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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

Gerard de Lairesse, The Proud Vanquished, between late 17th and early 18th century, etching printed in black ink on laid? paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S670.