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Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem

Title-plate to Berchem's Animalia,

Description

Maker

  • Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem

Title

Title-plate to Berchem's Animalia

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Techniques

  • etching

Supports

  • Wove:medium weight,
  • olive/grey,
  • gold fore-edge.

Dimensions

9.9 x 11.2 cm (3 7/8 x 4 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image on tablet: "Animalia / ad vivum delineata, / et aquaforti aeri impressa, / Studio et arte / Nicholai Berchemi."

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1158.20

About

Title-plate to Berchem's Animalia
from the album, Painters' Etchings Illustrated; an English album of original prints assembled in the 19th century

Lettered within image on tablet: "Animalia / ad vivum delineata, / et aquaforti aeri impressa, / Studio et arte / Nicholai Berchemi."

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Title-plate to Berchem's Animalia with the accession number of 84.198.1158.20. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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