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The Rape of Proserpina (L'enlevement de Proserpine)

Maker

After
Lambert Sustris (artist)
born ca. 1515-after 1560 (Life dates)

(printmaker)
born 1755

Title

The Rape of Proserpina (L'enlevement de Proserpine)

Date of Production

1786 - 1808

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 41.7 cm
Width: 29.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6987.208

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

Keywords








Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
Fig. p. no. 69

Inscriptions

Inscription: Lambert SUSTRIS / Duke of Orleans Coll. 1786 / Rape of Proserpine //

Inscription: Peint par Lambert Suster. //

Inscription: Gravé par J. L. Delignon. //

Inscription: Dessiné par Borel. / L'ENLEVEMENT DE PROSERPINE. / De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans. / ÉCOLE VENITIENNE. / TABLEAU DE LAMBERT SUSTER. (...) //

Label: In demselben mythologischen Ideenkreis bewegt sich die Komposition des leider wohl (...) //

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