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accession number:	2021.169
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The Sacrifice of Polyxena, 1667. Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641–1711). Etching; platemark: 30.5 x 38.7 cm (12 x 15 1/4 in.); sheet: 33.1 x 41.4 cm (13 1/16 x 16 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund, 2021.169

title:				The Sacrifice of Polyxena
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creation date:			1667
creation date earliest:		1667
creation date latest:		1667
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creditline:			L. E. Holden Fund
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 52

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CREATORS

* Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641–1711)  - artist

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measurements: Platemark: 30.5 x 38.7 cm (12 x 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.1 x 41.4 cm (13 1/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
state of the work:	II/VI
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	in plate: Gerardus Lairesse inventor/fecit et excudit Amstelodami
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	inscription:	Inscription or possible description in what appears to be French on verso. Nearly illegible.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	James Bergquist, Boston, MA, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2021
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 6, 2021-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Timmers, J. J. M. Gérard Lairesse. Amsterdam: H.J. Paris, 1942.
	page number: 	No. 52
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	Ackley, Clifford S. Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1981.
	page number: 	cat. no. 173, pp. 252-3.
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	Roy, Alain. Gérard de Lairesse, 1640-1711. Paris: Arthena, 1992.
	page number: 	Gravures 9
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