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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.98
People
Published by P. Molinari, British (active 1791-1805)
Title
The Goddess Mnemosyne Mourning the Death of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Mnémosine déesse de la Mémoire pleurant les infortunés Louis XVI Roi de France & Marie Antoinette Archiduchesse d'Autriche son Épouse, exécutés à Paris sur la Place Louis XV, par ordre de ses propres sujets. Louis XVI le 21 Janvier, Marie Antoinete le 16 October MDCCXCIII
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1793
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/355398

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stipple and engraving
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 28.2 × 20.6 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
overall plate: 20 × 15 cm (7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
image plate: 6.4 × 9.1 cm (2 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, blue ink: crown over monogrammed FE [Franz Josef von Enzenberg (Lugt 845)]
  • inscription: in plate: MNÉMOSINE DÉESSE DE LA MÉMORIE / Pleurant les infortunes Louis XVI Roi de France / & Marie Antoinette Archiduchesse d'Autriche son Espose, / éxécutés a Paris sur la Place Louis XV, / par Ordre de ses prepres sujets. / Louis XVI le Janvier, Marie Antoinette le 10 [corrected with brown ink to 6] October. / MDCCXCIII. / London. Pubd. as the Act directs Octr. 30th 1793 by P. Molinari no. 43 Rupert Strt Hay Market
  • inscription: verso, top left, graphite: [illeg. text]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Franz Josef von Enzenberg (1802-1879), Innsbruck (Lugt 845), probably sold [through his sale, Künsterhause, Vienna, March 17 - April 2, 1879, possibly lot 4200]. Unknown British dealer, sold; to [C. G. Boerner, New York], sold; to Harvard Art Museums 2016.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.98
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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