King Arsaces Dedicating a Panther to Dionysus, c. 1596
Joannes Stradanus (Jan van der Straet); Engraver: Jan Collaert II; Publisher: Philips Galleexpand_more
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, heightened with white, framing lines in brown ink, incised for transferexpand_more
The Collector's Fundexpand_more 69.54
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In the late 16th century, Antwerp’s publishing houses pumped out so many prints that the city was the dominant force in European visual culture. Joannes Stradanus was a principal supplier of designs to this industry. Demand for his hunting scenes was great, leading him to produce over a hundred of them.
King Arsaces Dedicating a Panther to Dionysus belongs to the group of hunting designs Stradanus prepared for a 1596 publication. The fine detail and rich combination of ink lines, wash tones, and white heightening are typical of his work. The lines in the composition are incised, which facilitated the transfer of the image to another surface, in this case a copper plate, which was in turn engraved by Jan Collaert II.
Details
- Title
- King Arsaces Dedicating a Panther to Dionysus
- Artist Life
- 1523-1605
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 69.54
- Provenance
- [P. Baur de Boer, Lucerne and Amsterdam, until 1969; sold to MIA].
- Curator Approved
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