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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1865,0610.696
Description
Rape of Proserpine, after a composition formerly attributed to Titian and now to Christoph Schwarz; with on the left Pluto carrying off Proserpine on his horse-driven chariot and gazing down as the nymph Cyane tries to stop him by clinging onto his chariot; in outline; plate 39 from Jameson's 'Collection of Pictures by W. G. Coesvelt, Esq of London' (London, 1836). 1835 Etching on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Ferdinand Joubert
After:
Christoph Schwarz
After:
Titian
(formerly attributed to)
Published by:
James Carpenter
School/style
French
British
German
Production date
1835
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
165 millimetres
Width:
229 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From 'Collection of Pictures by W. G. Coesvelt, Esq of London', see 1865,0610.666. The painting is now in the Fitzwilliam Museum (accession number 1778).
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Persephone/Proserpina
Representation of:
Cyane
Representation of:
Hades/Pluto
Associated with:
William Gordon Coesvelt
Illustration to:
Anna Jameson
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Collection of Pictures by W. G. Coesvelt, Esq of London
(1836)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Colnaghi
(sale Sotheby's, 15-27.v.1865/2028)
Acquisition date
1865
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1865,0610.696