Dividing of the Booty

1781

Francesco Simonini, Artist François Vivarès, Artist John Boydell, Publisher

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Title Dividing of the Booty

Artwork Date 1781

Makers Francesco Simonini (Artist) Italian, 1686-1753 François Vivarès (Artist) French, 1709-1780 John Boydell (Publisher) English, 1719-1804

Medium Etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

Dimensions Sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 inches (40.3 × 50.2 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S1201

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower right: F. Vivares Sculpt. Inscribed, lower left: Francisco Simonini pinxt. Inscribed, lower left center: La divisione delle Preda. Inscribed, lower right center: The Dividing the Booty. (sic) Inscribed, center lower edge: Engraved from an Original Picture of Francisco Simonini, in the possession of Mr. Panton Beten Inscribed, lower left edge: Published 1st Feby 1781 by John Boydell Inscribed, lower right edge: Engraver in Cheapside London.

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July 1886, H.W. Lord. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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François Vivarès; after Francesco Simonini, Dividing of the Booty, 1781, etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1201.