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Upon Hersilia's Entreaties, Peace Is Made with the Sabines, and Their City Ret
1573
Giovanni Battista Fontana
1524 - 1587
Italian
Unknown
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (13.7 × 17.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S495.11
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate below image: PRECANTE HERSILIA CONIVGE PAX SABINIS ATQ VRBS DATA Inscribed, lower right margin: 17
Stamp, in black, verso: Baron H. A. von Derschau (Lugt 2510) One stamp in black, two stamps in brown, verso: Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606, 2922 and variation of 234)
Provenance
November 1890, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Giovanni Battista Fontana, Upon Hersilia's Entreaties, Peace Is Made with the Sabines, and Their City Ret, 1573, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S495.11.
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