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Cyrus

Jan de Lairesse, Gerard de Lairesse, and others

Cyrus

1679-1689

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Cyrus

1679-1689

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 375 x 278 mm. (14 3/4 x 10 15/16 in.) Plate: 270 x 201 mm. (10 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.1319.2

Signed: 1

Inscribed: In trompe-l'oeil below figure at center: "II.CYRUS." On background in upper left corner: "Persarum Monarchia inchoata / in Cyro, defecit in Dario; / anno" On background in upper right corner: "eius circiter 330 Petas 3:14 / Rupert ad Besold. 8 Cap Turse - / lin. 3:3." Below image at left: "Pet. Schenk ex: Amstelod: cum Privil:" Below image at center: "G. Larisse Pinx:" Below image at right: "I. Larisse Sculp: 52"

Markings: none

Artist

Jan de Lairesse

1673–2000

Dutch, born 1674
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Artist

Gerard de Lairesse

1640–1710

Dutch, 1641 - 1711
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Publisher

Pieter Schenck

1659–2000

Dutch, born Germany, 1660-1718/19
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