Polyphemus playing the pipes to Galatea. Etching by A.C.P. de Caylus after R. La Fage.
- La Fage, Raymond, 1656-1684.
- Date:
- 1700-1799
- Reference:
- 3006307i
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About this work
Description
On the right, Galatea is seated on a scallop shelf in the sea, surrounded by nereids and by tritons blowing horns
Publication/Creation
1700-1799
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 17.7 x 22.8 cm
Lettering
La Fage in. C. delin
References note
Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1940, tome IV, p. 105, no. 298
R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865 p. 337 no. 4070 ("Polyphem und der Triumph von Galathea")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3006307i
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Location Status Access Closed stores