Elijah

mid-15th or early 16th century

Baccio Baldini Italian, 1436-1515

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About the Artwork

Title Elijah

Artwork Date mid-15th or early 16th century

Artist Baccio Baldini

Life Dates 1436-1515

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Engraving in ink on laid paper

Dimensions Sheet (trimmed within platemarks): 5 5/8 × 4 inches (14.3 × 10.2 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. 09.1S70

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate in banderole, top center of image: HELIA. PROFETA Inscribed, initials in brown ink, verso. Inscribed, in pencil, verso, many notations. Inscribed, in plate, lower right, recto: 8

Marks Marked, watermark: [circled fleur de lys] Marked, stamp in black, verso: W. Bell Scott (Lugt 2607) Marked, stamp in blue-green: W. D.: W. Drugulin (Lugt 2612) Marked, Scripps stamp, verso: (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date, 1886, added in ink to the stamp]

Provenance

Baron Charles Marochetti (Paris, France and London, England). William Bell Scott (London, England). Wilhelm Drugulin (Leipzig, Germany). September 1886, (Wunderlich & Co., New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]

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

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Baccio Baldini, Elijah, mid-15th or early 16th century, engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S70.