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Print

1713-1714 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, 1 of 6 parts that make up a depiction of a section of the ceiling of the Galerie d'Hercule in the Hôtel Lambert. Once assembled the pars show Ceres seated on a cloud with attendants in an architectural framework decorated with figures of Bacchus, a satyr, two female figures of Victory seated on piles of weapons and four figures of Hercules with the Arcadian Stag, the Erymanthian Boar, the Mare of Diomedes and the Cretan Bull.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
The set includes engraving, etching, stipple engraving and stipple etching
Brief description
Print by Bernard Picart and Louis de Surugue, 1 of 6 parts depicting a portion of the ceiling of the Galerie d'Hercule in the Hôtel Lambert that was decorated by Charles Le Brun, engraving, etching, stipple engraving, stipple etching, France, 1713-14
Physical description
Print, 1 of 6 parts that make up a depiction of a section of the ceiling of the Galerie d'Hercule in the Hôtel Lambert. Once assembled the pars show Ceres seated on a cloud with attendants in an architectural framework decorated with figures of Bacchus, a satyr, two female figures of Victory seated on piles of weapons and four figures of Hercules with the Arcadian Stag, the Erymanthian Boar, the Mare of Diomedes and the Cretan Bull.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.9cm (Note: size when assembled with E.3159-3162-1990)
  • Width: 69.8cm (Note: size when assembled with E.3159-3162-1990)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Accession number
E.3163-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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