Artist: Johann Andreas Thelot (1655-1734), German goldsmith and engraver.
Title: 16. Aeneas erects a monument to Polydor.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: monogram A.T. l.l.; text in Latin and German above and below the image.
Dimensions: Image 4 1/8" x 6". Sheet 7" x 8".
Edition: Thelot, Johann Andreas: Poetae inter Latinos clarissimi Publii Virgilii Maronis Aeneis id est, Libri de Aenea, Heroe Trojano: Figuris affabre factis atque iconicis expositi & illustrati.
Date: 1700.
Materials and Techniques: etching and engraving on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: trimmed unevenly, soiled. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 1:717830U.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XVIII C.