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Leda and the Swan

Maker

After
Jan, I Verkolje (artist)
1650-1693

(printmaker)
act. c. 1770 - 1811 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1742-1794

Title

Leda and the Swan

Date of Production

1777 - 1791

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 24 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7015.162

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. 7 (Garreau)

Inscriptions

Inscription: Lebrun Galerie 1792 //

Inscription: Peint par Jean Verkolie. //

Inscription: Gravé par L. Garreau. //

Inscription: Tiré du Cabinet de M le Brun. / D'après le Tableau Original de Jean Verkolie de la Grandeur de 11 pouces dur 15 de large. / A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurius au coin de celle de Sorbonne. //

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