PrintsGerman16th century

Sophonisba Drinking Poison

1553

Artists

Heinrich AldegreverArtist

Georg PenczArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 11.5 × 7.3 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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