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Object Type
print
Museum number
1888,0716.207
Title
Object:
Quelle force résiste aux pièges de l'Amour
Description
Armida crouched beside the sleeping Rinaldo, garlanding him with flowers, while he reclines to left on a river bank, surrounded by cupids Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Antoine Coypel
Print made by:
Jean Audran
Published by:
François Chéreau
(?)
School/style
French
Production date
1704-1756
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
459 millimetres
Width:
581 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Coypel's painting was shown at the Salon in 1704.
Bibliographic references
Wildenstein 1964 / L'oeuvre gravé des Coypel
(47)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(21)
(18thc)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Rinaldo
Representation of:
Armida
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Walker
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1888,0716.207