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Object Type
print
Museum number
1882,0211.558
Title
Object:
L'Enlèvement de Psyché
Description
The sleeping Psyché carried into heavens by butterly-winged figures, after Prud'hon. 1817 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Print made by:
Henri Charles Müller
School/style
French
Production date
1817
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
617 millimetres
Width:
454 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a painting executed in 1808 and now at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The plate was engraved in 1817 and exhibited at the Salon in 1822.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Psyche
Associated with:
Count Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Hamilton Minchin
Acquisition date
1882
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1882,0211.558