Giraffe, Antonio Tempesta, in or before 1650

Title(s)

Giraffe
Girafra/ Camellopardale (title on object)
Dieren en fabelwezens (series title)
Nova raccolta de li animali piu curiosi del mondo (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-H-542

Catalogue reference

• Aantal staten bekend-1(2)
  Remark: Eerste staat zonder nummer rechtsonder.

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘129’

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta
• publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi (possibly)
• Innocentius X (possibly)

Place

print maker: Italy
publisher: Rome
Vaticaanstad

Dating

1565 - 1630 and/or in or before 1650

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 95 mm × width 137 mm

What

• hoofed animals: giraffe

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain