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Venus and Anchises, between 1650 and 1686

Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560-1609
Carlo Cesio, Italian, 1626-1686
Arnold van Westerhout, Flemish, 1651-1725

Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 9 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (23.2 × 21.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S275

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Mythology

Engraving (printing process)

Etching (printing process)

Stamped, verso: Scripps 1885 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink, verso]

Inscribed, in plate, as part of the image, lower right: GENVS VNDE | LATINVM. Inscribed, lower left: Ann. Caracci Inv. Inscribed, lower center: C. Cesius del. et Sculp. Romae. Inscribed, lower right: Arnoldo Van Westerhout formis.

August 1885, N.C. Perkins. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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

Carlo Cesio; after Annibale Carracci, Venus and Anchises, between 1650 and 1686, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S275.