Four Genii in Clouds

17th century

Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Artist Jan de Bisschop, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Four Genii in Clouds

Artwork Date 17th century

Makers Cornelis van Poelenburgh (Artist) Dutch, 1594/95 - 1667 Jan de Bisschop (Artist) Dutch, 1628-1671

Medium Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

Dimensions Plate: 2 7/8 × 4 3/8 inches (7.3 × 11.1 cm) Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 inches (8.9 × 12.7 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. 09.1S874

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Marks Stamped, in blue, verso: K. F. F. von Nagler (Lugt 2592) Stamped, in black and brown verso: Kupferstichkabinett der Staalichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606 and 2482) Stamped, verso: Scripps 1895 (Lugt 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Provenance

Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler

Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany)

December 1895, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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

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Published References

Hollstein. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, vol. XVII. Amsterdam, 1976, p. 142.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Jan de Bisschop; after Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Four Genii in Clouds, 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S874.