The Rape of Ganymede, 1769/71

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series Title

Idyllic Landscapes with Mythological Figures, plate 6

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22 x 16.9 cm (8 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

sheet: 27.8 x 38.4 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Leemann-Van Elck 1930, no. 28

Accession Number

1999.100.10

Artists / Makers

Salomon Gessner (artist) Swiss, 1730 - 1788

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: S. Gessner inv. et f.; lower right in plate: 6.; by later hand, center left in graphite: Suite complete de 10 gravures / 1769 - 71 / voir Huber et Rost / Manuel de Curieux II 193; by later hand, upper right in graphite: (27/10p)

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Mendez, Christopher

Bibliography

1930: Leemann-Van Elck, Paul. Salomon Gessner: Dichter, Maler und Radierer, 1730-1788. Zurich, 1930.