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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1853,0709.371
Title: Series: Le Cabinet du Roi
Description: Silenus reclines on an animal hide, his bag of wine held in his right hand; after Giulio Romano Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Girard Audran; After: Giulio Romano
School/style: French; Italian
Production date: 1660-1703 (c.)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 179 millimetres; Height: 373 millimetres; Width: 230 millimetres (plate-mark); Width: 497 millimetres (sheet)
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Curator's comments: The print reproduces a composition by Giulio Romano from the Palazzo Lante. Printed on the same sheet as a second print (1853,0709.370).
Bibliographic references: Massari 1993 / Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit (281); Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français (IX.315.181); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (190)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Holloway (& Son)
Acquisition date: 1853
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1853,0709.371

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