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Aesop's Fables by Phaedrus (Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum)

Date:

1701

Artist:

Jan van Vianen (Dutch, c. 1660-1726), Jan Goeree (Dutch, 1670-1731), and Pieter Stevens van Gunst (Dutch, 1659-c. 1724)
written by Phaedrus (15 B.C.-50 A.D.) and additional text by David van Hoogstraten (Dutch, 1658-1724)
published by Francisci Halmae (Dutch, 18th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jan van Vianen

Title

Aesop's Fables by Phaedrus (Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum)

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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1701

Medium

Book with engravings in black and letterpress in black and red on cream laid paper

Dimensions

25.8 × 20.4 × 2.7 cm (10 3/16 × 8 1/16 × 1 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.202

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