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Object Type
print
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
French
Production date
1540-1545
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
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
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Galatea
Representation of:
Pygmalion
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1851
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1851,0208.96