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Print, Ornament Panel with Mars

This is a Print. It was created by Nicoletto da Modena and published by Antonio Salamanca. It is dated ca. 1507 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

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Its dimensions are

26 × 13.1 cm (10 1/4 × 5 3/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Cartouche at top lettered: M. Preliorum Deus, at bottom lettered: NR. Engraved at plate, lower right: An. Sa Exc.

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament Panel with Mars; Nicoletto da Modena (Italian, active 1500 – 1522); Published by Antonio Salamanca (Italian, ca. 1500 - 1562); Italy; engraving on laid paper; 26 × 13.1 cm (10 1/4 × 5 3/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1946-29-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.

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