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Object Type
Museum number: 1851,0208.96
Description: Pygmalion sculpting the statue of Galatea; the sculptor, naked, busy chiselling at the statue base. c.1540/45 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Léon Davent; After: Francesco Primaticcio (?)
School/style
Production date: 1540-1545
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 235 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 132 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The original composition is believed to be the work of Primaticcio, but no drawing or painting has been found that could confirm this attribution.
Bibliographic references: Zerner 1969 / Ecole de Fontainebleau. Gravures (LD.48); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XVI.329.59); Jenkins 2017 / Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau c1542-47 (LD.48)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Galatea; Representation of: Pygmalion
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1851
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1851,0208.96

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