drawing
- Museum number
- 1859,0806.69
- Description
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A mermaid or a siren, seen from behind, lying on a rock by the sea with the prow of a ship on the horizon
Red chalk, on buff paper
- Production date
- 1638-1675
- Dimensions
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Height: 200 millimetres
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Width: 354 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The attribution to Caccioli is traditional based on a pen inscription on the backing.
Watermark: heart with 'GA'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2011 June-Nov, Sth Korea, Ulsan Museum, Fantastic Creatures/BM tour exh
2012 Jan-May, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Fantastic Creatures/BM tour exh
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0806.69