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Print, Aurora: Landscape at Dawn

This is a Print. It was after Adam Elsheimer and print maker: Hendrick Goudt. It is dated 1613. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

19.1 × 21.2 cm (7 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Shield with lion rampant, surmounted by a crown, below BP (unrecorded)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower margin, center: "Aurora amomto noctem ... abore diem" / "16 H. Goude polat. comes, et Aur. Mil. Eques. 13".

Cite this object as

Print, Aurora: Landscape at Dawn; Print Maker: Hendrick Goudt (Dutch, 1583 - 1648); After Adam Elsheimer (German, active Italy, 1578 - 1610); Netherlands; engraving on laid paper; 19.1 × 21.2 cm (7 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-116

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