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Object Type
print
Museum number
1868,0808.2936
Title
Object:
Cephalus and Procris
Description
Cephalus running up from the left, dropping his bow and throwing up his arms in horror as he looks at Procris, whom he has shot thinking that she was a deer, while she falls back wounded, under a tree on the right; after Cipriani. 1785 Stipple
Producer name
Print made by:
Robert Samuel Marcuard
After:
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Published by:
Torre & Co
Print made by:
Francesco Bartolozzi
(directed)
School/style
British
Production date
1785
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
327 millimetres
Width:
384 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Calabi & De Vesme 1928 / Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique d'après les manuscrits de A. De Vesme entièrement réformés et complétés d'une étude critique par A. Calabi
(379)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Kephalos
Representation of:
Prokris
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Benoni White
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.2936