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Two Dogs in the Act of Coupling

Jan Fyt , Artist Theodor van, II Merlen , Publisher
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About the Artwork

Two Dogs in the Act of Coupling

1642

Jan Fyt (Artist) Flemish, 1611-1661 Theodor van, II Merlen (Publisher) Flemish, 1609-1672

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

Plate and sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 3/4 inches (17.5 × 22.2 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S504.6

Public Domain

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Signed, in plate, lower center of image: Io. FYT. | F

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

Provenance

November 1887, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Jan Fyt, Two Dogs in the Act of Coupling, 1642, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S504.6.

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