Antique Master Print-JUPITER-SUCKLED-GOAT-AMALTHEA-Pool-Graat-1696-1727

Jupiter is raised by nymphs on Mount Ida. They feed him with the milk of the goat Amalthea. A shepherd gives him honeycombs. In the margin a three-line caption in Dutch.

Made by Matthijs Pool after Barend Graat.

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 36.2 x 27.1 cm (14.25 x 10.67 inch). Image size: 29.9 x 21.8 cm. (11.77 x 8.58 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Vertical middle fold and crease. Light staining. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JUPITER-SUCKLED-GOAT-AMALTHEA | PCO-E17-29

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Wurzbach 13.

Biography engraver: Matthijs Pool (1676?1740) was an engraver from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography artist: Barend Graat (1628, Amsterdam – 1709) was a Dutch painter of history- and altarpieces, landscapes and portraits in the Golden Age. He is also known as a printmaker and draughtsman.