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Object Type
Museum number: 1851,0326.13
Title: Series: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun
Description: Deucalion and Pyrrha; mythological scene with the couple seated on a bull trying to escape a flood, while others attempt to rescue themselves by hanging on to the bull or climbing in trees, Zeus with an eagle seated on clouds in top left while stopping a winged genius creating rain; after Abraham van Diepenbeeck. c.1777-1791 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: L P F Garreau; After: Abraham van Diepenbeeck; Published by: L P F Garreau; Published by: Etienne Léon Poignant
School/style: French; Flemish
Production date: 1777-1788 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 237 millimetres; Width: 198 millimetres
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Curator's comments: From 'Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun', see 1870,0625.753 for comment.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; flood; classical deity
Associated names: Associated with: Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun; Representation of: Deucalion; Representation of: Pyrrha; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1851
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1851,0326.13

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