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Saturn leaning on his left hand in and holding a balance in a right with a youth before him

1604
Not on view
This print is from a scrapbook (album) containing woodcuts and chiaroscuro prints. It was presumably taken apart when it was acquired by The Met in 1922. On the front page of the volume there appeared a statement that this collection was made by the poet Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) and then bought by Angela Coutts (1816-1906) in memory of him at the sale of the collection at his house (28 April – 20 May, 1856). #1615a Rogers Sale. #146 Burdett Coutts Sale (Sotheby’s, May 1922). The prints from the original album have the range 22.73.3-1–22.73.3-161.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saturn leaning on his left hand in and holding a balance in a right with a youth before him
  • Artist: Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active ca. 1510–ca. 1550)
  • Former Attribution: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, Carpi ca. 1480–1532 Bologna)
  • Artist: After Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis) (Italian, Pordenone 1483?–1539 Ferrara)
  • Publisher: Andrea Andreani (Italian, Mantua 1558/1559–1629)
  • Date: 1604
  • Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in gray
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 17 3/8 in. (30.4 × 44.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.73.3-20
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
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