About the Artwork
Finding of Moses
18th century
Anton van Dyck (Artist) Flemish, 1599-1641 James McArdell (Artist) Irish, 1728-1765
Mezzotint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 21 1/4 × 15 1/4 inches (54 × 38.7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S720
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Ant. Van Dyck Eques Pinxt, Inscribed, lower right: James Mc, Ardell Fecit. Inscribed, lower center: From the Original in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: 7.
Stamped, in black, verso: Baron H. A. von Derschau (Lugt 2510) Stamped, twice in brown and once in black, verso: Kupferstich- kabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606, 2922 and variation on 234)
Provenance
Baron H.A. von Derschau (Nuremberg, Germany)
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James McArdell; after Anton van Dyck, Finding of Moses, 18th century, mezzotint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S720.
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