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Object Type
print
Museum number
1838,0420.164
Description
Phineus and the Harpies. The Thracian blind king at left, seated at a table with Jason and the Argonauts, while two Boreads are chasing away the three Harpies in top right corner, a dog and some jugs in lower right corner; after Simon Vouet Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Arnoud van Halen
After:
Simon Vouet
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1675-1732
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
234 millimetres
Width:
292 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Presumably copied from the engraving after Vouet by Dorigny.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Phineus
Representation of:
Boreads
Representation of:
Harpy
Representation of:
Jason
Representation of:
Argonauts
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Hugh Welch Diamond
Acquisition date
1838
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1838,0420.164