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Bernard Picart
Leucothoé et Apollon, from "Le Temple des Muses"

1742

$534.53
£400.70
€450
CA$739.12
A$804.44
CHF 429.87
MX$9,714.62
NOK 5,402.37
SEK 5,024.83
DKK 3,428.95

About the Item

Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing "Leucothoe seduced by Apollo in the shape of Eurynome", as the capture reports. Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del.1731" under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In very good conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some ink minor stain on the right margin in correspondence of the binding, some light foxings on the lower margin. Overall the engraved image is near perfect conditions. Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English, and in 1742 in French by Zacharias Chatelain. The engravings had captions in four languages: French, English, German, and Dutch. The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the licence according to the final destination of the artwork.
  • Creator:
    Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1742
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 17.96 in (45.6 cm)Width: 11.26 in (28.6 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement Style:
  • Period:
    1740-1749
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-959441stDibs: LU65034563741

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