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A seamonster with two tails pulling down on two tree branches

Printmaker Joseph Goupy French
After Salvator Rosa Italian
Publisher Arthur Pond British
ca.1720–1750
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A seamonster with two tails pulling down on two tree branches
  • Printmaker: Joseph Goupy (French, ca. 1700–1782)
  • Artist: After Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome)
  • Publisher: Arthur Pond (British, London 1701–1758 London)
  • Date: ca.1720–1750
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 11 5/8 in. (30 × 29.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana Sargent, in memory of John Osbourne Sargent, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.63.1534
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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