Artist: Pieter Schenk (Dutch, 1660-1718/19) engraver and mezzotinter who became a major publisher of prints and maps.
Title: Deucalion and Pyrrha. An illustration from The Metamorphoses of Ovid.
Titled and Signed in plate: lettered below image with parallel columns of verse beginning: "Descendunt, velantque caput, tunicasque recingunt..." in Latin and "Het menschdom synde door.." in Dutch, Ovid Metam[orphoses] 1: 398. Titled "Deucalion et Pirrha"; production detail: P. Schenk exc. and Amst: C. P. [Amsterdam Cum Privellege]. Collector's stamp AU in ink in Gothic script verso (not in Lugt).
Dimensions: Sheet 6 1/2" x 7 3/4".
Publisher: Cantabrigiæ: Ex officina Johan. Hayes, cleberrimæ Academiæ Typographi, 1704.
Edition: P. Ovidii Nasonis metamorphosis, ex accuratissimis virorum doctissimorum castigationibus emendata, & in lucem edita.
Date: 1704.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on paper laid down.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Soiling, damp stains, and creases. Trimmed to image. Tip of upper left corner missing. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Ovid Metamorphosis Johan Hayes, Cambridge, 1704. The edition was illustrated by 11 folding P. Schrenk's engravings.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.