Venus Disguised Inviting Helen to the Chamber of Paris, from The Iliad of Homer

Tommaso Piroli, Italian, 1752 - 1824
after John Flaxman, English, 1755 - 1826

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1793; published about 1799

Engraving on laid paper

First English edition

Sheet: 18 5/16 × 10 15/16 in. (46.5 × 27.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund

PR.996.27.36

Publisher

Jane Matthews, London

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Provenance

Frances Bunsen; Edward T. Pollack (art dealer), Boston; sold to present collection, 1996.

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