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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1854,0614.542
Description
Landscape with, in the foreground, the abduction of Eurydice, taken away by a demon; on the right, Orpheus playing cord instrument; in the distance, various mythological characters, including Cyparissus, the Propoetides, Pygmalion, Cinyras and Myrrha, Hippomenes and Atalanta, Jupiter and Ganymede, and Venus and Adonis; letterpress text on verso; illustration to the French translation of Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' (Paris 1640). c.1640 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Pierre Brebiette
School/style
French
Production date
1635-1640
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
179 millimetres
Width:
122 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From an album of 152 prints, see 1854,0614.397 for comment. Also from a group of eighteen plates, see 1854,0614.537 for comment.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(253-267)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Illustration to:
Ovid
Representation of:
Orpheus
Representation of:
Eurydice
Representation of:
Pygmalion
Representation of:
Atalanta
Representation of:
Hippomenes
Representation of:
Aphrodite/Venus
Representation of:
Adonis
Representation of:
Zeus/Jupiter
Representation of:
Ganymede
Representation of:
Cinyras
Representation of:
Myrrha
Representation of:
Cyparissus
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Metamorphoses
(1640)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Samuel Woodburn
Purchased through:
Christie's
(5-13.vi.1854/1512)
Purchased through:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1854
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1854,0614.542