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Object Type
print
Museum number
1868,0822.1007
Title
Object:
Ascagne
Description
Ascanius, seen half-length, turned to left and looking towards viewer; he is nude except for a Phrygian hat, and holds the hand of a woman, who has placed her arms around his shoulders; detail after a painting executed by Guérinaand representing Dido and Aeneas. c.1822 Stipple
Producer name
After:
Baron Pierre Narcisse Guérin
Print made by:
François Louis Lecomte
Intermediary draughtsman:
Eugène Devéria
Published by:
Blaisot
School/style
French
Production date
1822
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
209 millimetres
Width:
161 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From a series of four plates reproducing details from a painting executed in 1815.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(5)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Ascanius
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Felix Slade
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0822.1007