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Tu fuit inutilement

Printing Plate
18th century (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Basset (publisher)
Prot (printmaker)
Monnet, Charles (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

'Tu fuit inutilement'. An ovoid image showing Cupid aiming his arrow into the side of a woman who is naked apart from a scarf over her arm, in a woodland setting. Title and printing details given below the image.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Myths & Legends
Tools & Equipment
Object type
Printing Plate
TitleTu fuit inutilement
Materials and techniques
Copperplate engraving
Copper
Engraving
Brief description
'Tu fuit inutilement'. Copperplate engraving. An ovoid image showing Cupid aiming his arrow into the side of a woman, in a woodland setting. By Prott, after Charles Monnet. Published by Basset, Paris. 18th century.
Physical description
'Tu fuit inutilement'. An ovoid image showing Cupid aiming his arrow into the side of a woman who is naked apart from a scarf over her arm, in a woodland setting. Title and printing details given below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
  • Width: 26.4cm
Measured by DH 01/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • Tu fuity inutilement (Title, below image.)
  • Monet, P. / .Prot . Sculp. (Directly below, and following the curve of, the image)
  • A Paris chez Basset, Md. d'Estampes at Fabriquant de Papiers peints, rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins, No.64 (Along bottom of plate impression.)
  • PROT. Tu fuit intutilement. After Charles Monnet. Lettered with title and Monet.P. Prot. Sculp. A Paris chez Basset, / Md. d'Estampes et Fabriquant de Papiers peints, rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins, No. 64. Copper-plate. (14 1/16 x 10 3/8) Presented by C. H. Baskett, Esq., A.R.E. Impression taken from the above plate in December 1914. E.3241A-1914. (Paper label attached to verso of plate.)
Credit line
Presented by C. H. Baskett, Esq., A.R.E.
Production
See an impression taken from this plate in December 1914, E.3241A-1914.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Woodland
Bow
Arrows
Quiver
Cupid
Associated object
E.3241A-1914
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3241-1914

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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