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Allegory of Painting and Sculpture
Public Domain

Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Allegory of Painting and Sculpture

1664

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Allegory of Painting and Sculpture

1664

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 341 x 269 mm. (13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.) Plate: 268 x 206 mm. (10 9/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.1374

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Monogrammed in trompe-l'oeil on stone surface at lower left: superimposed "GL". Below image: "PIETAS FORMAT ET SAPIENTIA PERFICIT." Along bottom of image: "Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et Sculp: et per N: Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Fæderati." Lower left corner: 43 Below plate mark at left in graphite: "LB 290 / Nag 69"

Markings: WM: A greek cross within a rosary

Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher I

Dutch, 1618 - 1679
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Publisher

Gerard Valck

Dutch, 1651/52 - 1726
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