Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants

Bartolomeo Coriolano, Artist Guido Reni, Artist

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Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants

1647

Bartolomeo Coriolano (Artist) Italian, 1599-1676 Guido Reni (Artist) Italian, 1575-1642

Woodcut printed in three shades of brown ink on laid paper

Image: 17 1/4 × 12 3/8 inches (43.8 × 31.4 cm) Sheet: 17 3/8 × 12 1/2 inches (44.1 × 31.8 cm)

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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S318.D

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Inscribed, in brown ink, below image, lower center: nxn ( ) Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [two-line inscription] Novbr 1867

Provenance

May 1894, Juan Jorge Peoli (New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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

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Von Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur illustré. Vol., XII, Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcuts. University Park, 1971, no. 114.12 II.

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Bartolomeo Coriolano; after Guido Reni, Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants, 1647, woodcut printed in three shades of brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S318.D.

Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants
Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants