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Stellio Changed into a Lizard by Ceres

Wenceslaus Hollar, Adam Elsheimer, and others

Stellio Changed into a Lizard by Ceres

1645

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Stellio Changed into a Lizard by Ceres

Wenceslaus Hollar, Adam Elsheimer, and others

Stellio Changed into a Lizard by Ceres

Stellio Changed into a Lizard by Ceres

1645

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (Trimmed to platemark): 295 × 225 mm. (11 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2286

Inscribed: Recto: below image, bottom left corner, in plate "Ælsheimer pinxit"; below image, lower left, in plate "Dum frugum genitrix [...] dulce dedit"; below image, lower right, in plate "Dum bibit acceptum [...] factus erat"; below image, bottom right corner, in plate, "WHollar fecit, aqua forti / 1646." Verso: bottom left, Claghorn diamond/lozenge shape in pencil with "6266" inside

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

1606–1676

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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Artist

Adam Elsheimer

1577–1609

German, 1578-1610
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Artist

Hendrik Goudt

1582–1647

Dutch, 1583-1648, active in Utrecht 1611-1648
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