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Object Type
print
Museum number
1896,0618.18
Title
Object:
Mars et Vénus
Description
Number 16: Vulcan finding Mars, Venus and Cupid sleeping on a bed; beyond at left, Apollo on his chariot; after Girodet. 1826 Lithograph on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Henri Guillaume Chatillon
After:
Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson
Printed by:
Godefroy Engelmann I
School/style
French
Production date
1826
Production place
Printed in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
197 millimetres
(image)
Width:
152 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From a series of lithographs representing Greco-Roman gods. See 1896,0618.3 for comment. For another impression of this print see 1875,0710.2784.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(Not described)
Beraldi 1885-92 / Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle
(Not described)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Hephaistos/Vulcan
Representation of:
Ares/Mars
Representation of:
Aphrodite/Venus
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Representation of:
Apollo
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mme Marie Gillet
Acquisition date
1896
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1896,0618.18