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Object Type
print
Museum number
1874,0808.1818
Description
Assumption of Virgin, after Poussin; at centre, the Virgin Mary, arms aloft, looking upwards, to left, being carried into Heaven by four angelic figures Engraving
Producer name
After:
Nicolas Poussin
Print made by:
Alexander Voet II
(?)
Print made by:
Jean Dughet
(?)
School/style
French
Production date
1650-1680
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
434 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
331 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a painting executed in 1650; Wildenstein attributes the plate to Alexander Voet c.1650 while Weigert gives it to Jean Dughet. It is not listed by Hollstein under Voet.
Bibliographic references
Andresen 1863 / Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten...
(not described)
Wildenstein 1955 / Les Graveurs de Poussin au XVIIe siècle
(83)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
assumption of virgin
Associated names
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Francis Arnold Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Hugh Howard
Acquisition date
1874
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1874,0808.1818