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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1850,0527.82
Description: Cassandra stopping Deiphobus from killing Paris, victor in the funerary games organised in his memory. c.1544/45 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Jean Mignon; After: Luca Penni
School/style: School of Fontainebleau
Production date: 1544-1545
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 323 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 447 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Plate 4 from a set of six, see 1851,0208.109 for comment. The subject was long thought to be Perfidious Sinon in the camp of Trojans. For discussion of its correct subject see D. Cordellier, 'Luca Penni. Un disciple de Raphaël à Fontainebleau', Paris 2012, p.48. The original drawing for that scene is in the Louvre, Paris (inv.1397). The artist executed a further drawing of this subject, with many of the same compositional details (Louvre, inv. 1398). Jenkins 2017.
Bibliographic references: Zerner 1969 / Ecole de Fontainebleau. Gravures (JM.43); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XVI.394.46); Jenkins 2017 / Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau c1542-47 (JM.43)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology
Associated names: Representation of: Cassandra; Representation of: Deiphobos; Representation of: Paris
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W & G Smith; Purchased through: Sotheby's (13-18.v.1850/222); Purchased through: A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Franz Rechberger (L.2133 and date '1807'); Previous owner/ex-collection: Pierre Mariette II (with date 1697)
Acquisition date: 1850
Acquisition notes: See comment to 1850,0527.1
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1850,0527.82

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