Titian's Mistress

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.4 x 22.7 cm (11 9/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.22

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 628 v/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George Ambrose Cardew [1865-1942], London (Lugt 1134); Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Marie. L'iconographie d'Antoine van Dyck: Cataloque raisonné. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Brussels, 1991, no. B v/vii.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (van Doetecum family, Henk Nalis author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 628.

Inscriptions

lower margin in plate: Ecco il belveder! ô che felice sorte!/che la fruttifera frutto in ventre porte./ Ma ch'ella porte, ô me; vita et morte piano / Demonstra l'arte del magno Titiano. / Al molto illustre, magnifico et osservandis.mo Sig.r il Sig.r LUCA VAN UFFEL, in segno d'affectione et inclinatione/amorevole, como Patron et Singularismo suo dedicato il vero ritratto del unico Titiano Ant. van Dyck./ Titian Inventor cum Privilege Regis; by later hand, lower left verso, in graphite: 76339; by later hand, lower right verso, in graphite, Dut. B.v.; by later hand, center verso, in graphite: 4th State/ Ben Enfants; address [?] a [?]

Watermarks

capital letter M or W

Wikidata ID

Q76559017

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