Alpheus and Arethusa

Cornelis Bloemaert (Dutch, 1603–1684)

Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck (Flemish, 1596–1675)

Pierre Brebiette (French, about 1598–1642)

Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving

DimensionsSheet: 27.7 x 21 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession numberB509

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPrints

Collections

InscriptionsIn plate, l.l.: A. Diepenbeeck fig. In plate, beneath image: ____Vt per ima ponti/ Alpheus fluat, atq transmarina/ In fluctus cadat unda conjugales/ Sidonius ad Felicem (cut off) In plate, l.l.: Alphee In brown ink, left margin, perpendicular to image: avant les eaux qui cachant le ned[?], estampe rare a cause de la remarque In graphite, verso, l.r.: Alpheus and Arethusa 120