Antinoüs, or Mercury. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1745.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
12 Nov.r 1745
Reference:
663741i
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About this work

Description

The sculpture known as the "Belvedere Antinous", in the Belvedere courtyard of the Vatican Museums from 1545, also identified by some as Mercury: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 12 Nov.r 1745.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 52 x 35.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Antinous ut nunc est in Palatio Vaticano. R. Dalton del. ; S. F. Ravenet fecit

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 141-143, no. 4 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663741i

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  • Copy 1

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  • album of etchings by R. Dalton after ancient sculptures in Italy

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