Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Minerva Defending Painting Against Envy and Ignorance
c. 1675
Scroll
- Artist: Gerard de Lairesse
- Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher I
- Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher II
- Publisher: Gerard Valck
Minerva Defending Painting Against Envy and Ignorance
c. 1675
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 260 x 188 mm. (10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Plate: 208 x 144 mm. (8 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Opus Elegantissimum
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1375
Signed: 1
Inscribed: In trompe-l'oeil on stone surface at lower right, cut off by the right edge: "G. Laire" Below image: "Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et Sculp: et per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Fæderati." Lower left corner: "60" Beneath plate mark at left in graphite: "LB 294"
Markings: WM: D [heart] TAMIZIER / AUVERGNE
