Virginia Killed by her Father (Virginius Killing His Daughter)
Georg Pencz, German, about 1500 - 1550
1546 - 1547
Engraving on paper
Plate: 4 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (11.5 × 7.4 cm)
Sheet: 4 13/16 × 3 1/4 in. (12.3 × 8.2 cm)
Mount: 9 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (24.8 × 20.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
2015.52.8
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialled, in plate, lower center: GP; inscribed, in plate, lower right: VIRGINEA
Provenance
James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2015.
Catalogue Raisonne
Bartsch 84, Landau 92, only state
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