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Print, Venus, Triton, and Sea Nymphs, ca. 1640

This is a Print. It was after Peter Paul Rubens and Clement de Jonghe and print maker: Pieter Claesz Soutman. It is dated ca. 1640 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Bruno Lasker and Mrs. Bruno Lasker.

Its dimensions are

41.2 × 49.4 cm (16 1/4 × 19 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below, center: "Venus Orta Mari," and lower left: "P.P. Rubens, pinxit/Clement de Jonghe Execudit," lower right: "P. Soutman delin. et excud. cum Privil."

Cite this object as

Print, Venus, Triton, and Sea Nymphs, ca. 1640; Print Maker: Pieter Claesz Soutman (Dutch, 1580 - 1657); After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640), Clement de Jonghe (Dutch, died 1679); Netherlands; engraving on paper; 41.2 × 49.4 cm (16 1/4 × 19 7/16 in.); 1957-41-25

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