The Rape of Proserpina
Giuseppe Scolari, Italian, active 1592 - 1607
late 16th century
Woodcut on paper
Sheet: 17 11/16 × 13 3/4 in. (45 × 34.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund
PR.2000.27
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Watermark: Small circles (?)
Course History
CLST 4, Classical Mythology, Pramit Chaudhuri, Summer 2014
Exhibition History
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 26, 2003-March 14, 2004.
Publication History
C. G. Boerner, Italian Prints, no. 35., 2000.
Published References
Passavant Vi, p. 236, 67; Titian and the Venetian Woodcut exh. cat. eds. D. Rosand & M. Muraro, Venice / Washington / Dallas / Detroit, 1976-7, second state of two.
Provenance
Oettingen-Wallerstein (L.2715a); C. G. Boerner, Inc., New York; sold to present collection, 2000.
Catalogue Raisonne
Passavant 67; Rosand/Muraro 104B ii (of ii)
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