Meleager and Atalanta

1626

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Cornelis Bloemaert, Peter Paul Rubens, and others

Meleager and Atalanta

1626

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 225 × 166 mm. (8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in.) Image: 199 × 163 mm. (7 13/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.14458

Meleager presenting to Atalanta the head of the wild boar of Caledonia.

Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Prints from Utrecht," 4 February - 5 April 1998.

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower margin, in plate six lines of text from Ovid in two columns beginning "Atque ita [...]"; below image and text, lower left, in plate "P.P. Rubens pinxit"; below image and text, lower center, in plate "Cornelis Bloemaert sculp: et excud:"

Markings: CM: possibly "DB" in graphite (not in Lugt); Claghorn