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Object Type
print
Museum number
1890,0415.295
Title
Object:
L'Amour enflamme Calypso et Eucharis
Description
Calypso pushes Cupid towards the nymph Eucharis, who stands at right and receives him with eager arms; the gesture alludes to the fact that both are falling in love with Telemachos, who gazes tenderly at Eucharis, while Mentor, who stands beside the young man, is worried by this turn of event; after Lordon Stipple, printed in colour and hand-coloured
Producer name
After:
Pierre Jérôme Lordon
Print made by:
J L Benoist
Published by:
Charles Bance (Bance jeune)
Published by:
Hilaire Aumont
School/style
French
Production date
1812-1825
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
hand-coloured
colour
Dimensions
Height:
427 millimetres
Width:
521 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1890,0415.299 for comment.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(52)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Telemachus
Representation of:
Mentor
Representation of:
Calypso
Representation of:
Eucharis
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Walker
Acquisition date
1890
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1890,0415.295