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Print, Seated Bear, from a Set of Sixteen Views of Bears

This is a Print. It was print maker: Marcus de Bye and after Marcus Gerards I. It is dated 1664 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is etching on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Anonymous. It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.

Its dimensions are

19.8 × 14.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Henry Brodhurst (c. 1860), Lugt 1296; Watermark: Upper part of a crown.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, lower right corner: "12."

Cite this object as

Print, Seated Bear, from a Set of Sixteen Views of Bears; Print Maker: Marcus de Bye (1639 – 1690); After Marcus Gerards I (1521 – ca. 1604); Netherlands; etching on white laid paper; 19.8 × 14.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1957-61-32-b

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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