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Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

c. 1668

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Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

Artist: Gerard de Lairesse
Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher I
Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher II
Publisher: Gerard Valck

Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

c. 1668

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 239 x 174 mm. (9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.) Plate: 186 x 134 mm. (7 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1984.81.1391

Signed: 1

Inscribed: In trompe-l'oeil on rounded surface of headstone at upper right of image: "DIDOOS / DOOT / TREVRSPEL" In trompe-l'oeil on foremost surface of tomb at lower left of image: "rard Lairesse / [very faintly, barely legible] inv. et sculp." Below image: "Verbode en Dartle Min ontvluchte nooit zyn straf. / De Woede en Wanhoop rukt hem voor de tyt in't graf. / Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Fæderati." Lower left corner: "69" Beneath plate mark at left in graphite: "LB 44 / Nag 24"

Markings: None

Artist

Gerard de Lairesse

Dutch, 1641 - 1711

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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher I

Dutch, 1618 - 1679

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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher II

Dutch, 1649 - 1702

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Publisher

Gerard Valck

Dutch, 1651/52 - 1726

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MERCURY ORDERING CALYPSO TO ALLOW ODYSSEUS TO DEPART

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Mercury Ordering Calypso to Allow Odysseus to Depart

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FRONTISPIECE FOR ANDRIES PELS'S 1677 'Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS: DICHTKUNST'

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c. 1675

MAN WITH A TORCH NEAR A SARCOPHAGUS

Johannes Glauber, Gerard de Lairesse, and others

Man with a Torch near a Sarcophagus

1665-1746

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Henri Matisse

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1946

SILENUS PULLED OUT OF THE WATER

Johannes Glauber, Gerard de Lairesse, and others

Silenus Pulled out of the Water

1665-1746

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Henri Matisse

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1946

FIVE PUTTI DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF A TRIANGLE

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Five Putti Dancing to the Music of a Triangle

1665-1746

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Henri Matisse

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1946

PUTTI PLAYING IN A GARDEN, WITH GRAPES AND A STATUE

Abraham Blooteling, Gerard de Lairesse, and others

Putti playing in a garden, with grapes and a statue

c. 1670-1690

STUDY FOR FRONTISPIECE FROM "LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD WINSLOW"

Henri Matisse

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1946

PUTTI PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND A DOG

Abraham Blooteling, Gerard de Lairesse, and others

Putti playing musical instruments and a dog

c. 1670-90

STUDY FOR FRONTISPIECE FROM "LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD WINSLOW"

Henri Matisse

Study for Frontispiece from "Life and Death of Richard Winslow"

1946