print; book-illustration

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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
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Production date: 1635-1640
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Dimensions: Height: 179 millimetres; Width: 122 millimetres
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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.
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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
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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

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