The Death of Meleager
1543
Artist, French, 1515 - 1565 or after
Publisher, Italian, 1469 - 1606
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 30.2 × 41.5 cm (11 7/8 × 16 5/16 in.), cut within platemark
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Accession
2019.132.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 41
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Hill-Stone Incorporated, South Dartmouth, MA); purchased 2019 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 41
Inscriptions
in plate below image: PIANGESI QVI MELEAGRO IL FATO. DIE DE LO STIZZO CH'ALVI FATATO. PER VN'ATTO CH AL GIOVIN; FV VSATO. TVRBATA ALLA SVA MADRE PE I FRATELLI. / PERCHE LA MADRE AL FVOCO RIOVORACE CH'AL'AMOR D'ATHATLANTA COS PIACE. DA GLIZII QVELLI VCCISE ONDE LAPACE. MORTI TAL MALE AGGIVNSE AI DOLOR FELLI. / EXCVDTBAT ANT. S. 1543