The Story of Niobe

Jan (Pietersz.) Saenredam Netherlandish

Draftsman Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish

Sculpted by Polidoro da Caravaggio Italian

n.d.

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Title: The Story of Niobe
Artist: Jan (Pietersz.) Saenredam (Netherlandish, Zaandam 1565–1607 Assendelft)
Draftsman: Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem)
Artist: Sculpted by Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Engraving; first state (inscription of last stanza has been covered with a sheet of paper with the correct stanza inscribed in brown ink)
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 30 1/8 in. (26.4 x 76.5 cm)
two frames, each : 15 3/4 x 60 1/16 in. (40 x 152.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Object Number: 62.602.799.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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