Jupiter revealing himself to Semele, pregnant with Dionysus (Bacchus): she shields her eyes, before being killed by lightning. Stipple engraving by J. Heath, 1791, after G.B. Cipriani.

  • Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.
Date:
Nov.r 9: 1791
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2854866i
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[London] (Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall) : publish'd ... by J. & J. Boydell, Nov.r 9: 1791.

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1 print : stipple ; image 34 x 24.8 cm

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Jupiter and Semele. In the collection of Sir Thos. Dundas Bart. Painted by J.B. Cipriani. Engrav'd by Ja.s Heath

References note

John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993, vol. 1, pp. 126-127, no. 1792.9

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2854866i

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