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Object Type
print
Museum number
1875,0710.420
Title
Object:
Acis et Galathée
Description
Landscape with in the foreground Acis and Galatea seated side by side and looking upwards, to left, and in the background Polyphemus seated at the top of a mountain, after La Fosse. 1722 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Charles de La Fosse
Print made by:
Edmé Jeaurat
Published by:
François Joullain
School/style
French
Production date
1722
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
275 millimetres
Width:
201 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Original painting exhibited at the Salon, 1704, and now in the Prado, Madrid.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(73)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Acis
Representation of:
Galatea
Representation of:
Polyphemus
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Louis Bihn
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1875,0710.420