Updated 14 September 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus (after Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem)
| Date | 1588 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | engraving |
| Watermarks | Crowned Strasbourg coat of arms with fleur-de lis and with pending letter 'WR' |
| Size（cm） | 25.0 x 31.5 |
| State | 1st state |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed lower left: Hasce artis primitias CC Pictor Invent.,/Simulque HGoltz. Sculpt. D. lacob. Raeuwerdo / singulari Picturae almno, et chalcographiae / admirarori amicitiae ergo D. D. Ao 1688; In the bottom margin: Dirus Agenoridae laniat social abmina serpens, / Ultor adest Cadmus poenasque reposcit ab hoste. |
| Standard ref. | Barstch 262 I; Hollstein 310 I |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2011-0003 |
Provenance
Purchased by the NMWA, 201１.
Bibliography
- 2013
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 46 (Apr. 2011-Mar. 2012), 2013, List of New Acquisitions. p. 48.