The Wreck, between 1635 and 1636

  • Claude Gellée, French, 1600-1682

Etching ? printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image: 4 7/8 × 7 inches (12.4 × 17.8 cm) Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (13 × 18.4 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S290

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in plate, lower center: [possible signature, illegible]

Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) 1886 [date added in ink]

Inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: 3 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: original Etching | See Robt. Dumesnil No 7 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [illegible notations]

April 1886, Dorman sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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

Claude Gellée, The Wreck, between 1635 and 1636, etching ? printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S290.