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Philips Galle
The Birth of Adonis

Not on view
Engraving in sepia ink on cream paper depicting two reclining and seated nude figures with a small winged child between them in a wooded landscape, with Latin text in the lower margin

Philips Galle, The Birth of Adonis, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Philips Galle
Title
The Birth of Adonis
Place Made
Holland
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 × 12 1/8 in. (22.86 × 30.8 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 12 in. (22.23 × 30.48 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.362a
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.