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Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes
Landscape with Cephalus and Procris
Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes
Etched by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
After: Matthijs Cock (Netherlandish, about 1509–before 1548)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
After: Matthijs Cock (Netherlandish, about 1509–before 1548)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
about 1551 - before 1558
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.8 x 30.5 cm (8 9/16 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. T. Jefferson Coolidge
Accession Number29.1987
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IV, Cock) 17; Riggs 46
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, lower left: H COCK EXCV 1558
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, collector's stamp in black (or blue), with initials: CAM [Albert Camesina; Lugt 88]; MFA stamp with old accession number in pencil: 31715; in pencil: D681; 51/6; a62619 [underlined]; zn[?] 525
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: H Cock Excu 1558
Lower right, in plate: Cephalus procrim sagitta transfigit.
Lower right, in plate: Cephalus procrim sagitta transfigit.
ProvenanceBefore 1881, Albert Camesina (b. 1806 - d. 1881; Lugt 88), Vienna. 1929, sold by F. H. Bresler Co. (dealers), Milwaukee, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1929)