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Object Type
Museum number: 1876,1014.259
Description: Portrait of French actress Catherine de Seine in the role of Queen Dido, three-quarter length, facing front, looking upwards, with right hand holding dagger and left hand unveiling her wounded breast; she is leaning on a stake; ships sailing away in the distance; in oval frame. 1735 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Bernard Lépicié; After: Jacques André Joseph Camelot Aved
School/style
Production date: 1735
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 406 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 283 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Advertised in 'Mercure', December 1734 and again in February 1735.
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (35); Firmin-Didot 1875-77 / Les graveurs de portraits en France catalogue raisonné de la collection des portraits de l' École Française (1216)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; classical mythology
Associated names: Portrait of: Catherine Dufresne, dite Mademoiselle de Seine; Representation of: Dido
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1876
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1876,1014.259

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