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Object Type
Museum number: 1850,0527.28
Description: Night protecting sleeping Time from the last rays of the sun; Time's head rests in the lap of a winged figure; next to them, Poseidon reclining with a Nereid in his arms, two horses, and two tritons; within oval. 1544 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Antonio Fantuzzi; After: Francesco Primaticcio
School/style
Production date: 1544
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 242 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 358 millimetres
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Curator's comments: After one of the six original compositions designed by Primaticcio for the vestibule of the Porte Dorée, Fontainebleau. The corresponding preparatory drawing is kept at the Musée du Louvre (inv. 8566); see 'École de Fontainebleau', Paris 1972, cat. No.324. The compositional differences between Fantuzzi's print and Primaticcio's drawing include the shifting of the setting sun to the right, and an adaptation of the original square design to an oval. Jenkins 2017.
Bibliographic references: Zerner 1969 / Ecole de Fontainebleau. Gravures (AF.72); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XVI.339.7); Jenkins 2017 / Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau c1542-47 (AF.72)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Kronos/Saturn; Representation of: Poseidon/Neptune
Associated places: Associated with: Château de Fontainebleau
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W & G Smith; Purchased through: Sotheby's (13-18.v.1850/201); Purchased through: A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1850
Acquisition notes: See comment to 1850,0527.1
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1850,0527.28

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