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Object Type
print
Museum number
1888,0716.206
Description
Triumph of Galatea, seated at centre, supported by tritons and nereids; Polyphemus seated on a mountains and playing panpipes in the distance, to left. 1695 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Antoine Coypel
(etching)
Print made by:
Charles Simonneau
(engraving)
School/style
French
Production date
1695
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
458 millimetres
Width:
581 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a lost painting by Coypel made for the dedicatee (Garnier 52). The plate was etched by Coypel himself, and the plate finished with the burin by Simonneau.
Bibliographic references
Wildenstein 1964 / L'oeuvre gravé des Coypel
(46)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Galatea
Representation of:
Polyphemus
Associated with:
Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans, Regent of France
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Walker
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1888,0716.206