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Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels
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Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

1662-1672

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Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

Frontispiece to ‘Dido’s Death,’ by Andries Pels

1662-1672

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 239 x 174 mm. (9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.) Plate: 186 x 134 mm. (7 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.1391

Signed: 1

Inscribed: In trompe-l'oeil on rounded surface of headstone at upper right of image: "DIDOOS / DOOT / TREVRSPEL" In trompe-l'oeil on foremost surface of tomb at lower left of image: "rard Lairesse / [very faintly, barely legible] inv. et sculp." Below image: "Verbode en Dartle Min ontvluchte nooit zyn straf. / De Woede en Wanhoop rukt hem voor de tyt in't graf. / Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Fæderati." Lower left corner: "69" Beneath plate mark at left in graphite: "LB 44 / Nag 24"

Markings: None

Artist

Gerard de Lairesse

1640–1710

Dutch, 1641 - 1711
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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher I

1617–1678

Dutch, 1618 - 1679
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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher II

1648–1701

Dutch, 1649 - 1702
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Publisher

Gerard Valck

1650–1725

Dutch, 1651/52 - 1726
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THE DELIBERATION OF AENEAS AND HIS FOLLOWERS INTERRUPTED BY DIDO AND ANNA
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FIVE PUTTI DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF A TRIANGLE
Johannes Glauber, Gerard de Lairesse, and others
Five Putti Dancing to the Music of a Triangle
1664–1745
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Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Frontispiece for Andries Pels's 1677 'Q. Horatius Flaccus: Dichtkunst'
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PUTTI PLAYING IN A GARDEN, WITH GRAPES AND A STATUE
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Children playing in a garden, with grapes and a statue
1664–1694
ACT ONE FROM "JULFUS"
Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Three illustrations for the comedy 'Julfus' (1668) by Andries Pels: act one
1662–1672
PUTTI PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND A DOG
Abraham Blooteling, Gerard de Lairesse, and others
Children playing with musical instruments and a dog
1664–1694
ACT THREE FROM "JULFUS"
Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Three illustrations for the comedy 'Julfus' (1668) by Andries Pels: act three
1662–1672