Cephalus and Procris

1558

Hieronymus Cock

Artist, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Hieronymus Cock

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper mounted on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22 × 30.8 cm (8 11/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
    mount: 30.7 × 38.9 cm (12 1/16 × 15 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1975.28.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 17


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1979

  • Early German Drawings & Prints: Two Recent Acquisitions and Related Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 33.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 Vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951: vol. IV (Cock), no. 17.

Inscriptions

bottom left, in plate: H COCK EXCU . 1558; bottom right, in plate: Cephalus procrim sagitta transfigit.

Wikidata ID

Q65569585


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