Art, literature & history
Triton Blowing a Conch
c. 1618
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 20.4 × 16.9 cm (8 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Primary support: 22.7 × 19 cm (8 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 25.1 × 21.8 cm (9 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2019.137
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jacques de Gheyn III. Triton Blowing a Conch, c. 1618. Inventory 2019.137. Jacques de Gheyn III; Art Institute of Chicago. Collection credit: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). https://www.artic.edu/artworks/248806. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression. Individual creator identity review: existing authority Q17343011 explicitly links Chicago artist 96697. Local biography years remain None / None; native numeric years 1596 / 1641 and object display 'Jacques de Gheyn III\nDutch, c. 1596–1641' remain separate evidence. No biography field or creator link is changed. Independent NGA constituent 4187 corroborates the same creator; its date wording 'Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641' is retained. The exact object, accession, creation interval, native primary artist role and photo-specific CC0 grant are checked separately; catalogue fields and review status are preserved.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Triton Blowing a Conch — Jacques de Gheyn III. c. 1618.
Medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 20.4 × 16.9 cm (8 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Primary support: 22.7 × 19 cm (8 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 25.1 × 21.8 cm (9 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.