The Death of Meleager, 1543

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 30.2 × 41.5 cm (11 7/8 × 16 5/16 in.), cut within platemark

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch, no. 41

Accession Number

2019.132.1

Artists / Makers

Nicolas Beatrizet (artist) French, 1515 - 1565 or after

Francesco Salviati (artist after) Florentine, 1510 - 1563

Antonio Salamanca (publisher) Italian, 1469 - 1606

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

(Hill-Stone Incorporated, South Dartmouth, MA); purchased 2019 by NGA.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 41