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Object Type
Museum number: 1877,0811.1240
Description: Armida kneeling beside the sleeping Rinaldo, on a river bank, with Cupid taking the dagger from her hand; woman whose body ends into snake tails reclining at left; river god beyond. 1707 Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: Antoine Coypel; Print made by: Charles Dupuis; Published by: Gaspard Duchange
School/style
Production date: 1707
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 463 millimetres; Width: 350 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Wildenstein 1964 / L'oeuvre gravé des Coypel (32); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (1.I)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Rinaldo; Representation of: Armida; Representation of: Eros/Cupid; Associated with: Charles François de La Baume Le Blanc, Marquis de de la Vallière
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1877
Acquisition notes: 1877,0811.1225 to 1280 all came from the sale of the collection of the Rev. John Burleigh James, which was sold at Sotheby's between March and May 1877. They were all purchased by the BM after the sale from Goupil, from the lots that they had bought on their own account. It is not easy to work out which lot they had come from as there were 5699 lots in the sale.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1877,0811.1240

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