id:			105628
accession number:	1923.736
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.736
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:55.393000

Fighting Chimeras and Scenes to Aesop's Fables: Elephant  Fighting two Beasts, 1594. Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, 1571–1656), A. van Londerseel. Engraving; sheet: 3 x 5.7 cm (1 3/16 x 2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1923.736

title:				Elephant  Fighting two Beasts
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series:				Fighting Chimeras and Scenes to Aesop's Fables
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creation date:			1594
creation date earliest:		1594
creation date latest:		1594
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	Netherlands, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 256-267 (IV.25)

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CREATORS

* Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, 1571–1656)  - artist

* A. van Londerseel  - published by

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measurements: Sheet: 3 x 5.7 cm (1 3/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	upper right, in plate: NB[in monogram] ; lower center, in plate: 1594) ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 74[upsidedown] lower left, in graphite: 237[3?] ; lower left, in graphite: B4241 ; lower center, in graphite: 9[circled] FPO ; lower right, in graphite: 6264/130
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1938-03-23T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-April 24, 1938).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Keppel & Co.)
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