Achilles as Pyrrha with Cupid

1659

Jan Thomas

Artist, Flemish, 1617 - 1678

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint and etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 20.9 × 21.9 cm (8 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1954.12.145

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image: ACHILLES INTER VIRGINES HABITU MULIEBRI DELITE SCENS, EX GALEA SIBI / PRAE DONIS CETERIS ELECTA ULYSSIS ASTU DETEGITUR. / Spectatissimo EximiogB Viro, Dno Ludovico Malo, observationis ergo dedicat humillime Joann: Thomas 1. Jan: 1659.; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: Delaborde 181 / Le Bl. 17 / Smith 3 / No. 1563

Markings

recto: Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (Lugt 971); verso: none

Wikidata ID

Q65359341

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