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Dido: P.1614-1991

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Titles

Dido

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Arthur Melville Champernowe (Lugt 153), perhaps sold 1 February or 26-27 April 1911, Sotheby's London; A Chariatte (early 20th century) (Lugt 88a)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1580

Note

Reverse copy.

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 179 mm Width 129 mm
Sheet Height 180 mm Width 130 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: [Greek script]
  • Location: Image lower right, on a tablet
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 1580
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: 16
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: HOSPES ABIT : SED VT EST EXTINCTA PVDORIS HONESTAS. / ME FERRO EXTINCTAM COGIT INIRE ROGOS.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: amC
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Collector's mark
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Type: Fingerprint

Inscription present: initials in a rectangle

  • Text: AC
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped red ink
  • Type: Collector's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1614-1991
Primary reference Number: 82986
Bartsch: 187 Copy A II/II
Illustrated Bartsch: 187 Copy A II/II
Lugt: 88a
Lugt: 153

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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