Portia, Wife of Brutus, Committing Suicide by Swallowing Live Coals

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M13326
People: Jacques Bellange, French (active 1595 - 1616 in Nancy)
Title: Portia, Wife of Brutus, Committing Suicide by Swallowing Live Coals
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 17th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Nancy
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/264295

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 24 x 18.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: R.-D. 38

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year: 1956
Object Number: M13326
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Annette Manick, "SEM Analysis of Printing Inks" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1987), Unpublished, passim

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