Perseus, 1570/1580

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Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black and blue on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 31.9 x 20.6 cm (12 9/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch, no. 124, State copy

Accession Number

2006.162.11

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Gallo (artist) Italian, active 16th century

Marco Pino (artist after) Italian, c. 1520 - 1579 or after

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower verso in graphite: M Pino 25 / Sienna

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, MA, 1965. (The Book Press, Ltd., Williamsburg, VA); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 22, 1986; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
The Book Press, Ltd.

Bibliography

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