Four Grotesque Ovals of Putti with Sea Monsters, from the Neue Grotessken Buch (New Book of Grotesque)
Christoph Jamnitzer
(German, 1563–1618)
1610
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 18.4 × 22.8 cm (7 1/4 × 9 in.)
Credit LineGift of Clifford S. Ackley in memory of Daan MacGillavry
Accession number2022.281
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Not on viewClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn pen and brown ink, l.r.: 33; in graphite, verso: W. Jamnitzer 1610/ 34-094/ Andresen 61ProvenanceJulius Samuel Held (b. 1905 - d. 2002; Lugt 4805), Bennington, Vermont. 2022, gift of Clifford S. Ackley, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 20, 2022)
