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Print, Aqua, allegory of Water from The Four Elements, 1589

This is a Print. It was print maker: Hans Kellerthaler. It is dated 1589 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is punched engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

It is signed

Signed with monograph and dated in the plate, lower left and right

It is inscribed

In cartouche at upper center: "AQUA"

Cite this object as

Print, Aqua, allegory of Water from The Four Elements, 1589; Print Maker: Hans Kellerthaler (German, ca 1562 – 1611); punched engraving on laid paper; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8526

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