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Philips Galle
The Birth of Myrrha

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Engraving on cream paper depicting a reclining nude man supported by a draped woman and a winged putto beneath a large tree, with hunting dogs and a distant landscape to the left
Artist or Maker
Philips Galle
Title
The Birth of Myrrha
Place Made
Holland
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 3/8 in. (23.18 × 31.43 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 12 1/8 in. (22.54 × 30.8 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.362b
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.