Thetis and Chiron

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Thetis and Chiron
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (German, 1500 - 1550)
Date1543 (printed posthumously)
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 5 1/4 × 7 7/16 in. (13.3 × 18.9 cm) Sheet (trimmed): 5 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (13.5 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael Scott, Class of 1981
Object number2009.5.4
On view

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

Provenance 2009: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Michael Scott;
1983 - 2009: Michael Scott, purchased at auction from Christie's.
Markings Collector's stamp (black square with black border) on verso at lower left in black ink: ACHENBACH / FOUNDATION / FOR / GRAPHIC ARTS; collector's stamp (black square stamp with black border) on verso at lower left in black ink [upside down]: ACHENBACH / FOUNDATION / FOR / GRAPHIC ARTS / DUPLICATE
Signature Artist's monogram with date in plate at upper right: 15 PG[entwined] 43
Inscribed Inscribed with artist's monogram and date in plate at upper left: ACHILLEM, HVCNC, MA / GISTRO, SVO, CHIRCONE; in pencil on verso at lower left: 1963.30.772
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