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Death of Niobe and Her Children

Circle of Bernard Picart French
After Guglielmo della Porta Italian
Former Attribution Peter Paul Rubens Flemish
late 17th–early 18th century
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Death of Niobe and Her Children
  • Artist: Circle of Bernard Picart (French, Paris 1673–1733 Amsterdam) (?)
  • Artist: After Guglielmo della Porta (Italian, Porlezza, near Lake Lugano ca. 1500–1577 Rome)
  • Former Attribution: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
  • Date: late 17th–early 18th century
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white on blue paper. Later retouched with brush and gray ink
  • Dimensions: sheet: 6 3/8 x 10 13/16 in. (16.2 x 27.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
  • Object Number: 1975.131.190
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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