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Object Type
print
Museum number
1850,0527.223
Description
Circe giving a drink to Ulysses's companions; potion to turn them into swine; an oval composition, after Parmigianino. c.1542 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Antonio Fantuzzi
After:
Parmigianino
Published by:
Augustin Quesnel
School/style
School of Fontainebleau
Production date
1542
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Diameter:
222 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1850,0527.222 for comment.
Bibliographic references
Zerner 1969 / Ecole de Fontainebleau. Gravures
(AF.18.II)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XVI.339.6)
Jenkins 2017 / Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau c1542-47
(AF.18.III)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Circe
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(13-18.v.1850/200)
Purchased through:
A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Richard Ford
(signed and dated 1824 on verso)
Acquisition date
1850
Acquisition notes
See comment to 1850,0527.1 1850,0527.216 to 272 were miscellaneous prints purchased after the sale from lots bought by Evans on his own account; a single price of £2 5s. was paid for them.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1850,0527.223