Artist Johann Martin Preissler, German, 1715-1794
Artist after Charles Francois Hutin, French, 1715-1776
Artist after Guido Reni, Italian, 1575-1642
Title
  • Ninus and Semiramis
Date 1755
Medium Engraving printed in black on wove paper
Dimensions plate: 23 x 15 5/8 in.
58.4 x 39.6 cm
sheet: 27 3/4 x 22 1/4 in.
70.4 x 56.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892
Accession Number 1991.60
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Inscriptions In plate, lower left: C. Hutin del:; lower right: I. M. Preisler Sculps: Chalcogr: Reg: Dan: 1755.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Guido Reni / dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda. / Alto piedi 10. onc: 4. Largo piedi 7. onc: 8.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Guido Reni / de la Galerie Roiale de Dresde / Haut 10 pieds 4 pouc: Large 7 pieds 8 pouces.; lower left corner: T. II.; lower right corner: No. 20.; in black ink below Reni's name: 1575-1662 / (Bologna); lower center: Ninus and Semiramis.; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 56
Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN: Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 316.