About the Artwork
Battle of Covensteyn in 1585
1647
Giacinto Gimignani
1611-1681
Italian
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 12 1/8 × 16 5/8 inches (30.8 × 42.2 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 × 17 inches (31.4 × 43.2 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S514
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, center left edge of image: Hyaci. Gimignanus Pistori.is inven. Sculp. | 1647
Inscribed, in plate in banderole: [long descriptive inscription] Inscribed, top edge of image under the title: Pugna in aggrere Couenstenio anno 1585. Inscribed, upper right corner of image: 268 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [artist, title and reference]
Provenance
January 1901, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Giacinto Gimignani, Battle of Covensteyn in 1585, 1647, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S514.
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