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Title:
The River God Po and a Putto Object 1
Collection Title: Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection
Accession Number: 1959.2918.000.000
Creator:
Creator: Ghisi, Giorgio
Place of birth: Italy
Creation Date: 1538
Object Category: prints
Medium:
etching, engraving
Technique:
intaglio
intaglio
State: unknown state
Dimensions:
Type Height Width Depth Diameter Unit (Lengths) Weight Unit (Weight)
image (sheet trimmed to image) 10.8 13.2 cm
sheet (adhered) 14.7 17.2 cm
Inscription: signed l.l., printed: "IBM/ 1538 [monogram]."
Other Inscriptions: inscribed on original Poynton mount l.l. corner, handwritten in pencil: "The River God by Giorgio Ghishi - mantuano (1503-1595)."; inscribed l.l corner, handwritten in pencil [second hand] "The River God Po Giovanni Battista Scultori."
Catalogue Raisonne: Bartsch 19
Credit Line: Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959.
Narratives:
The River God Po exhibition label
The Scultori engravers of Mantua and Giorgio Ghisi
Anatomy in books and prints
History of the Virtual Print Room print collection