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The Triumph of Silenus, 17th Century

  • Schelte Adams Bolswert, Dutch, 1586-1659
  • Anton van Dyck, Flemish, 1599-1641
  • Cornelis Galle, Flemish, 1576 - 1650

Engraving printed in black on laid paper

  • sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 17 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. 43.7 x 30.7 cm

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S163

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Four lines of Latin in plate below image, two lines at lower left and two at lower right; in plate below inscrip- tion, lower left: Antonius van Dyck pinxit / S. a Bolswert Sculptsit:; lower right: C. Galle excudit Antuerpiae.

F. Keppel, Oct. 1884

Schelte Adams Bolswert; after Anton van Dyck, The Triumph of Silenus, 17th Century, Engraving printed in black on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S163.

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