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Frieze of The Triumph of Ceres with Sea Creatures and Cupids
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Published by: René Guerineau (French, active 1635–about 1660)
Published by: René Guerineau (French, active 1635–about 1660)
about 1635-1660
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 × 46.8 cm (7 1/2 × 18 7/16 in.)(trimmed irregularly)
Platemark: 13.7 × 38.5 cm (5 3/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 13.7 × 38.5 cm (5 3/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne Blake Smith
Accession Number1982.271
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Berlin Ornament Katalog 1811
DescriptionFour putti and three goat-headed sea-creatures, to right.
Marks
Verso, lower left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsInsc.: Guerineau excud avec Privilege du Roi.
ProvenanceAnne Blake Smith (b. 1916-d. 1997); 1982, her gift to the MFA (Accession Date: April 4, 1982)