2021.272: Small-Spotted Catshark, or Sandy Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2021.272
- People
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Albert Flamen, Flemish (Bruges, Belgium c. 1620 - 1692 France)
- Title
- Small-Spotted Catshark, or Sandy Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)
- Other Titles
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Original Language Title: Canicula. L'Anche ou Roussette
Series/Book Title: Saltwater Fish, Part II
Title: Poissons de Mer - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1660
- Culture
- Flemish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/370528
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching with engraving and drypoint on cream antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
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plate: 10.3 × 17.7 cm (4 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 20.9 × 26.9 cm (8 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- watermark: top edge: partial, matches up with 2021.273 to complete watermark: Grapes in a nearly complete circle, with B COLON BIER with fleur-de-lis after the first B and a heart after the R (somewhat similar to Heawood 2427).
- inscription: in plate, lower left: ABFlamen fe
- inscription: in plate, lower center: Canicula. L'Anche ou Roussette
- inscription: in plate, lower right: Cum privil. Regis.
- inscription: lower left, graphite: RD438i
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [James A. Bergquist, Boston] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1988, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- The Illustrated Bartsch 24; Robert-Dumensil 438
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
- Accession Year
- 2021
- Object Number
- 2021.272
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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