Perseus and Andromeda
Laurent Cars, French, 1699 - 1771
after Francois Lemoyne, French, 1688 - 1737
18th century
Engraving on paper
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 10 15/16 in. (38.2 × 27.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Susan E. Hardy, Nancy R. Wilsker, Sarah A. Stahl, and John S. Stahl in memory of their parents Barbara J. and David G. Stahl, Class of 1947
2014.73.65
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower left, below image, in plate: Franc. le Moyne pinx.; inscribed, lower right, in plate: Laur. Cars sculp; inscribed, lower center, in plate: Sagaciter callido picturae amatori / Jacobo Du Pille / Grati animi pignus offerebat Franciscus le Moyne P.R.; inscribed, lower right edge, in plate,: A Paris chez. Laur. Cars ruë St. Jacques vis a vis le College du Plessis
Course History
ARTH 28.05, Art & Society in the Rococo, Kristin O'Rourke, Spring 2022
Provenance
Collected by Barbara Jaffe Stahl (1930-2004) and David Gerald Stahl (1926-2013), Manchester, New Hampshire; bequeathed to their children Susan E. Hardy, Nancy R. Wilsker, Sarah A. Stahl and John S. Stahl, 2013; given to present collection, 2014.
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