Apollo Killing Coronis

c. 1600

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.5 x 26 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 19.7 x 27.1 cm (7 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.149

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 565, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 541

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 565, i/ii.

Inscriptions

in plate, across lower edge: Fama malum pernix, tu Thumbice indice corvo / In tam dilectam tela cruena iacis / Interit illa quidens formosa coronis, et albas / Inter aeres non est iam tibi corve locus

Wikidata ID

Q76559454

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