Galatea, carried by dolphins and accompanied by nymphs and tritons, is watched from the shore by Polyphemus. Engraving by Agostino dalla Via after G. Lazzarini.

  • Lazzarini, Gregorio, 1657-1730.
Date:
[between 1700 and 1709?]
Reference:
3048084i
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[Venice?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1700 and 1709?]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 70.8 x ca. 96.7 cm

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Galatée triomphe sur l'onde. Tout cède à son pouvoir, l'on remply tous ces voeux. Ces graces, sa beauté qui non point de seconde Encouragent à l'aymer, et les hommes et les dieux. Dédiée à son excellence Madame la marquise de Charmont ambassadrice de France à Venise par son tres humble serviteur J. Louis Vatin. Greg. Lazarini pinx. Augustinus à Via Veronensis sculp. Bears joined coats of arms, presumably of the dedicatee and her husband

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Wellcome Collection 3048084i

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The dedicatee is Louise Elisabeth de Marcillac, wife of Joseph Hennequin de Charmont (d. 1731), French ambassador to the Venetian Republic 1701-1704

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