Acis and Galatea | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R3988
People: Edme Jeaurat, French (1688/72? - 1738)
After Charles de La Fosse, French (Paris 1636 - 1716 Paris)
Title: Acis and Galatea
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Acis et Galathée
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1722
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/238385

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

Image: 23.9 × 18.8 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 27.5 × 19.8 cm (10 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: JWR:"painting at Madrid"
[transcribed from the original mount]:"Charles de la Fosse, b. Paris 1640, d. 1716.; Painted hist. and portr.; A distinguished pupil of Le Brun"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol. XII, no. 73, p. 128

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R3988
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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