The River God Nile

Nicolas Beatrizet

Artist, French, 1515 - 1565 or after

Nicolaus Beatrizet

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 33 x 55.1 cm (13 x 21 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.34.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 95


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. & J. Goodfriend, New York); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

upper left in image: VETERVM MONVMENTORVM STVDIOSE... / ... EFFIGIATA

Wikidata ID

Q76349211


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