Africa

Pieter Schenck, Dutch, 1660 - 1711
After Antoine Trouvain, French, 1652 - 1708

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after 1695

Mezzotint on laid paper

Plate: 9 13/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24.9 × 18.3 cm)

Sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (34 × 21.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund

PR.2004.32.3

Portfolio / Series Title

The Four Continents

Geography

Place Made: Netherlands, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, in plate, lower left: P. Schenck fe.; inscribed, in plate, lower center: AFRICA. / Leonum Strida nutrix.Horat.ilib.22od.; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Amstelod. Cum Privil.; inscribed, in black ink, upper right: 59; inscribed, in brown ink, lower right edge: 8

Course History

ARTH 46, Northern Baroque Art, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012

ARTH 28.01, The Global Renaissance, Elizabeth Kassler-Taub, Fall 2021

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

Art History 28.01, The Global Renaissance, Elizabeth Kassler-Taub, Spring 2024

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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