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Anna Reveals her Love for Serestes
Public Domain

Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Anna Reveals her Love for Serestes

c. 1668

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Anna Reveals her Love for Serestes

c. 1668

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 239 x 173 mm. (9 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.) Plate: 183 x 133 mm. (7 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.1396

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Monogrammed in trompe l'oeil on paving stone in image's lower right: superimposed "GL" Below image: "Dus maalt de schrik 't geheim op Annaas eerbre kaken . / Geen veinzen kan in noot opreghte min verzaken . / Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp : et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Fæderati" Lower left corner: "72" Beneath plate mark at left in graphite: "LB 47"

Markings: WM: A small (Greek?) cross in plain outline inside a rosary

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