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Apollon Tuant Le Serpent Python

Print
1547-1548
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etienne Delaune, 1 of 3 plates from a suite of 6 entitled Histoire de Diane et d’Apollon. French, 1547-1548.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleApollon Tuant Le Serpent Python
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Etienne Delaune, 1 of 3 plates from a suite of 6 entitled Histoire de Diane et d’Apollon. French, 1547-1548.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Length: 10.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lower-left: 'S.F. CVM PRI REGIS' Below: 'FATIDICI PYTHON OBSESSOR FONTIS ET ANTRI, / OCCIDIT A PVERI CONFOSSVS APOLLINIS ARCV.'
Bibliographic reference
Robert Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, vol. XI, (1865), 134. Christophe Pollet, Les Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, (1518-1583), vol. I, (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2003), 12.
Collection
Accession number
28911H

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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