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Object Type
print
Museum number
1968,0720.5
Title
Object:
Mathilde demande à Saladin le corps de Malek-Adhel
Description
Interior of a palace, with Matilda kneeling before Saladin and asking him to return the body of her husband. 1814 Colour aquatint on etched lines
Producer name
Print made by:
Pierre Michel Alix
After:
Noël Joseph blaisot
Published by:
Jean Fréderic Ostervald jeune
Printed by:
Roland
School/style
French
Production date
1814
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
aquatint
colour
etching
Dimensions
Height:
383 millimetres
Width:
465 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Registered with its pair (see 1968,0720.5) on 31 August 1814; inspired by Mrs Cottin's 'Mathilde ou Mémoires tirés de l'histoire des Croisades' (1805).
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(205)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Salah al-Din (Saladin)
Representation of:
Matilda, Duchess of Saxony
Illustration to:
Sophie Cottin
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Mathilde, ou Mémoires tirés de l'histoire des croisades
(1805)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Peter Rowlands
Acquisition date
1968
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1968,0720.5