Albert Flamen
Title Plate from the series “Several Salt Water Fish Species, Part I”
1635-1669
Scroll
Albert Flamen
Title Plate from the series “Several Salt Water Fish Species, Part I”
1635-1669
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 126 x 195 mm. (4 15/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Plate: 104 x 175 mm. (4 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Image: 99 x 169 mm. (3 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Title Plate from the series "Several Salt Water Fish Species, Part I (Premier partie, Diverses Espèces de Poissons de Mer)"
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.1697
Lara Yeager-Crasselt, BMA, "Watershed: Transforming the Landscape in Early Modern Dutch Art," February 9 - July 27, 2025.
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, in image, at center: "Premiere partie / Diverses Especes de / POISSONS DE MER / Dessignés et gravés apres le naturel / Par Albert Flamen Peintre, / Et par Luy desdies / A MESSIRE GUIL LAVME TRONSON / Conseiller du Roy en Ses Conseils / Avec privil du Roy"; in plate, at lower right: "A Paris chez I. van Merlen, rue S. Jacques a la ville d'Anvers"; in plate, at lower left: "I"; Verso: at lower center, in graphite: "[indecipherable script]"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; WM: coat of arms (3 salamanders) surrounded by plumes
