Europa
Pieter Schenck, Dutch, 1660 - 1711
After Antoine Trouvain, French, 1652 - 1708
after 1695
Mezzotint on laid paper
Plate: 9 3/4 × 7 5/16 in. (24.8 × 18.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/16 in. (24.8 × 18.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund
PR.2004.32.2
Portfolio / Series Title
The Four Continents
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower left: P. Schenck fe.; inscribed, in plate, lower center: EUROPA. / Sceptra per innumeros milla tueris avos. Ovid. 3Pont.; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Amstelod.cum Privil.; inscribed, in black ink, upper right: 58
Course History
ARTH 46, Northern Baroque Art, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012
ARTH 17.2, FILM 50, When Media Were New, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2014
GOVT 86.43/MES 12.14, Intellectual History of Racism, Michelle Clarke and Jonathan Smolin, Spring 2022
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 51, The Quest for Printed Tone, Alex Vespoli, Class of 2009, Class of 1954 Senior Curatorial Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 4-August 16, 2009.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 29-May 15, 2005.
Provenance
Hill-Stone, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2004.
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