Three Putti with a Dead Bull

1610

Christoph Jamnitzer

Associated Names
Christoph Jamnitzer

Artist, German, 1563 - 1618

This is a drawing of a scene with a humanoid creature with the head of a bull, surrounded by two winged cherubs. The central figure has a muscular human body with the head of a bull. On either side, there are cherubic creatures with human bodies and wings. The background includes trees and plants. The drawing captures elements of mythology and folklore with detailed line work and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and punch engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.1 x 18600 cm (5 9/16 x 7322 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 14.2 x 18.8 cm (5 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.28.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Warncke 1979, Vol. II, no. 979

  • Series Title

    New Grottessken Buch

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1864

  • Andresen, Andreas. _Der deutsche Peintre-Graveur, oder die deutschen Maler als Kupferstecher nach ihrem Leben und ihren Werken, von dem letzten Drittel des 16. Jahrhunderts bis zum Schluss des 18. Jahrhunderts, und in Anschluss an Bartsch's Peintre-Grave

1979

  • Warncke, Carsten-Peter. Die ornamentale Groteske in Deutschland, 1500 - 1650. Berlin, 1979.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at lower left, in graphite: 35388

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q76337454

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