Mercury Offering Panpipes to Minerva

1783

John Skippe, Artist Parmigianino, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Mercury Offering Panpipes to Minerva

Artwork Date 1783

Makers John Skippe (Artist) English, 1741-1812 Parmigianino (Artist) Italian, 1503-1540

Medium Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black ink and two shades of green ink

Dimensions Image: 7 1/2 × 5 5/8 inches (19.1 × 14.3 cm) Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 3/8 inches (35.9 × 26.4 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton

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. F1987.59

Markings

Signed Inscribed and signed, in block, upper right: F.P | F.S:scul | 1783.

Inscriptions Inscribed, in engraved plate, printed on separate sheet: Tabulam hanc, ut obfervantiam et amicitiam fuam in | virum eximium teftaretur, nomine Ben. Blaney S.T.B. | ornari voluit J. Skippe.

Marks Marks, in pencil on mount, lower left: John Skippe . Mercury & Warrior Nagl. 20. Weigel. Kunstkol.II,14,9 Marks, in pencil, on mount, verso, upper center: Skippe, John geb. vor 1760 in Ledbury T nach 1811. | Schil (sic) J.B. Jackson (1701-nach 1754)? | nach Francesco Parmigianino, Bartsch 26 Marks, in pencil on mount, verso, lower center: 02063. Typed, on separate sheet of paper, attached to mat: Mercury and a Soldier (?) | By JOHN SKIPPE | English (London), 1742(?)-after 1811. || Lent by Walter Shatski, New York. Watermark on mount: fleur-de-lis

Provenance

Walter Shatski (per marking, q.v.) (New York, New York, USA). Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton

1987-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Nagler, G.K. Neues Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, vol. 18. Leipzig, 1835-1852, p. 506, no. 20.

Weigel, Rudolph. Kunstlager-Catalog, part 11. Leipzig, 1841, p. 14, no. 8.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

John Skippe; after Parmigianino, Mercury Offering Panpipes to Minerva, 1783, chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black ink and two shades of green ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, F1987.59.