Thetis Standing with Two Tritons

Anonymous, Italian?, 16th century Italian

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Giorgio Ghisi Italian

After Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian

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Title: Thetis Standing with Two Tritons
Artist: Anonymous, Italian?, 16th century
Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua)
Artist: After Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: plate: 9 5/16 x 6 3/8 in. (23.7 x 16.2 cm); trimmed to plate
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.600.243
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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