Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Histoire de Didon et Aené inventée et gravée par G.Laires
1662-1672
Scroll
- Artist: Gerard de Lairesse
- Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher I
- Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher II
- Publisher: Gerard Valck
Histoire de Didon et Aené inventée et gravée par G.Laires
1662-1672
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 115 x 237 mm. (4 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1393
Two plates printed side by side on the same sheet: on the left, the title page and first of the series of six illustrations from the story of Dido and Aeneas (Histoire de Didon et Aené inventée et gravée par G.Laires), Roy G. 30; on the right, the death of Dido, Roy G.34.
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Print at left: In trompe l'oeil on stone surface at center: "HISTOIR DE / DIDON / ET / ÆNE / INVENTEE ET / GRAVEE PAR / G . LAIRES" In lower left corner of image: "95" Print at right: Monogram in trompe l'oeil on shield near center: overlapped "GL" In lower left corner of image: "96" Beneath plate marks, in graphite, at left: "LB 44"; at right: "LB 45"
Markings: None