About the Artwork
Satyr Approaching Venus
between late 16th and early 17th century
Aegidius Sadeler II
1570-1629
Flemish
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (9.5 × 13.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1054
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: Christoff. Swartz Invet: .G. Sadler (sic) fe Inscribed, in plate, below image: [two-line Latin inscription] Inscribed, lower left corner of plate: Donati: Rascichoti: for
Stamped, verso: Scripps 1885 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Aegidius Sadeler II, Satyr Approaching Venus, between late 16th and early 17th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1054.
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