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Pigmailion

Maker

(artist)
1691-1764

(engraver)
1716-1791

Title

Pigmailion

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 31.7 cm
Width: 23.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4327

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left image & recto : : N.Le Sueur del. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right image & recto : : P.F. Tardieu Sculp. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre image & recto : : PIGMALION / Fameux Sculpteur, ton ame fut èmuë / D'un violent transport pour la belle Statuë, / Que formèrent tes propres mains. / J'applaudis d'autant plus a tes tendres hommages, / Que de mauvais Auteurs sont souvent assez vains, / Pour adorer leurs sots ouvrages. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right image & recto : : a Londres chex Major. //

Inscription: inscription : later manuscript hand : lower left & verso : : C. 965/28 (27A-28) //

Inscription: inscription : later manuscript hand : lower centre & verso : : 1674 //

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