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Title:

The death of Ajax

Object 1

Collection Title:

Baillieu Library

Alternate Titles:

Ajax

Accession Number:

1989.2004.000.000

Creator:

Vicentino, Niccolo

Place of birth:

Italy

Creator:

Andreani, Andrea

Place of birth:

Mantua, Italy

Creation Date:

(1608)

Object Category:

prints

Medium:

chiaroscuro woodcut

Material:

paper

ink

Description:

chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in black, yellow and green from three blocks.

Technique:

relief

State:

First state

Dimensions:

Type	Height	Width	Depth	Diameter	Unit (Lengths)	Weight	Unit (Weight)
image (sheet trimmed to image)	3.1	41.3			cm

Inscription:

signed in block, bot. r. "PVLIDORO . CAR/ iO. NiC .ViCEN."

Other Inscriptions:

inscribed on verso, top.l., pen and brown ink "W. Koller. 1869/ 1re. Epr. rare". bot. c. "gravé par/ [illeg.] Nic.de/ Vicence./ ajax, d'aprés/ le polydore/ B.9.VI./ tom.12, p.99/ 1re= Epreuve rare (underlined)/ avant: "in mantora 1608" (refering to inscription added on later state).

Catalogue Raisonne:

Bartsch 9-I

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