About the Artwork
Battle Scene
1723
Elisha Kirkall (Artist) English, 1682-1742 Giovanni da Bologna (Artist) Italian, 1529-1608
Chiaroscuro woodcut, roulette and etching printed in ochre and brown ink on laid paper
Image: 20 3/8 × 15 1/2 inches (51.8 × 39.4 cm) Sheet (trimmed at plate mark): 21 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (54.6 × 41 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Centennial gift of the Drawing and Print Club in memory of Dr. Barnett Malbin
F1986.26
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower right of image: Jacobus Palma del. Inscribed, lower right: E. Kirkall fecit London: 1723 Inscribed, center lower margin: E Collectione A. Rici Mead M. D.
Marked, in black ink, verso: .L.L.B. (Leonard and Lisa Baskin) | .19 [pomergranate] 70.
Provenance
Leonard and Lisa Baskin. 1986-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Elisha Kirkall; after Giovanni da Bologna, Battle Scene, 1723, chiaroscuro woodcut, roulette and etching printed in ochre and brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Centennial gift of the Drawing and Print Club in memory of Dr. Barnett Malbin, F1986.26.
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