Details
| Artist | Richard Earlom, English, 1743 - 1822 |
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| Artist | after Claude Gellée, French, 1600-1682 |
| Publisher | John Boydell, English, 1719-1804 |
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| Date | ca. 1776 |
| Medium | etching and mezzotint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| Dimensions | Plate: 8 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (20.6 × 26 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps |
| Accession Number | 09.1S458 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Stamp, verso (Lugt Suppl. 2357a):Scripps |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Claude le Lorrain delint | No 159 Inscribed, lower center: Published Septr 1st. 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. | From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. Inscribed, lower right: R. Earlom fecit. Inscribed, in black ink, bottom left margin: No 458 - Mercury and Battus. | By R. Earlom |
Provenance
March 1889, (Sotheby's, London, England).
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Kitson, M. Claude Lorrain: LIBER VERITATIS. London, 1978, no. 159.
