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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: 13.2 × 37.8 cm (5 3/16 × 14 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne Blake Smith
Accession Number1982.272
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Berlin Ornament Katalog 1811
DescriptionTwo putti bearing baskets riding a pair of lion-headed sea creatures; putto at left, winged nymph ? at right; 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)