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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4827
People
Master MF 1536, Italian (16th century)
After or also known as Melchior Meier, German (actual dates unknown; active c. 1572-1582)
After ? Francesco Salviati, Italian (Florence, Italy 1510 - 1563 Rome, Italy)
Title
Flaying of Marsyas
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
dated 1536, but probably early 1580s
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/278601

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 22.4 x 30.9 cm (8 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
sheet: 23 x 31.3 cm (9 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: MF 1536

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Nagler Mono., IV, p. 562, no.1802; Meier Hollste

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4827
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Patricia Emison, The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence, exh. cat., The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire, 2006), pp. 56-57, cat. no. 31, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 09/06/2006 - 10/18/2006; Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene, 11/09/2006 - 12/10/2006

Verification Level

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