Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
The Deliberation of Aeneas and his Followers Interrupted by Dido and Anna
c. 1668
Scroll
- Artist: Gerard de Lairesse
- Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher I
- Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher II
- Publisher: Gerard Valck
The Deliberation of Aeneas and his Followers Interrupted by Dido and Anna
c. 1668
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 228 x 166 mm. (9 x 6 9/16 in.)
Plate: 186 x 134 mm. (7 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1392
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Monogrammed in trompe-l'oeil on surface of flagstone in image's lower right: superimposed "GL" Below image: "Geen Plaets ontbeert haer spie. de steenen krygen ooren, / De lucht krygt tongen, wort s'lands ondergang gezwooren . / Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et Sculp: et Per Nicol-m Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Fæderati." Lower left corner: "70" Beneath plate mark in graphite at left: "LB 45"
Markings: WM: Small (Greek?) cross in plain outline inside a rosary
