Achilles as Pyrrha with Cupid, 1659

Not on View

Medium

mezzotint and etching on laid paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1954.12.145

Artists / Makers

Jan Thomas (artist) Flemish, 1617 - 1678

Sir Anthony van Dyck (artist after) Flemish, 1599 - 1641

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

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