A woman is weaving at a loom with a spindle in her hand. Aquatint by C.M. Metz.

Date:
1798
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29954i
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A "female figure" (Weigel); "Arachne" (Metz); possibly Penelope (as Primaticcio painted episodes in the Odyssey)

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1 print : aquatint, with etching ; image 20 x 15.5 cm

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Primaticcio. Arachne. In the collection of Paul Sandby Esq. R.A.

References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 526, no. 6278 ("Weibliche Figur an einem Webstuhl. Feder, Bister u. Weiss gehöht. Aus Sandby's Sammlung. C. Metz sc. H. 7" 4"", Br. 5" 8"". Metz, Imitations of drawings")

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Wellcome Collection 29954i

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