Jupiter orders Notus (the south wind) to flood the Earth: as the water rises, people try to escape. Engraving by L. Garreau after A. van Diepenbeeck.

  • Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675.
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1771-1791
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524674i
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Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun
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Jupiter orders Notus (the south wind) to flood the Earth: as the water rises, people try to escape. Engraving by L. Garreau after A. van Diepenbeeck. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2024 : Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people of Earth. Etching.

Description

The flood as described by Ovid in Metamorphoses I.260-323

Publication/Creation

1771-1791

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 21.9 x 28.9 cm

References note

Edmond Pognon and Yves Bruand, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome IX, Paris 1962, pp. 440-442, L. Garreau no. 18 ("(7-19). Pl. dans la Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun (gravée de 1777 à 1791, texte publié en 1792). Ces pièces, qui n'ont pas de titre, portent en marge un cartouche aux armes de Le Brun. … 18. Deucalion et son épouse Pyrrha, montés sur un taureau, sont sauvés du déluge provoqué par la colère de Jupiter. Sans nom de peintre. Sous le tr. c, à dr.: "L. Garreau sculp." H. 0m198 x L. 0m167. ...")

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Wellcome Collection 524674i

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