Statue of the Nile River

1704-1742

Randon Claude

Engraver, French, active c. 1660 - 1680

Randon Claude

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.6 × 33 cm (7 11/16 × 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.142.2.1.9

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Associated Artworks

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Raccolta di Statue Antiche e Moderne (Vol. 1)

Various Artists, Domenico de Rossi, Paolo Alessandro Maffei

1704

Statue of Flora with a Crown of Flowers (plate LI)

Nicolas Dorigny

1704

Statue of Emperor Caracalla (plate LIV)

Francesco Faraone Aquila

1704

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in plate lower right: C. Randon; in plate across bottom: STATUA DEL NILO COL CORNVCOPIA NELLA DESTRA, E CON LA SFINGE A LATO CHE HA LA FACCIA DI FANCIVLLA SINO ALLE MAMMELLE ET IL RESSTO / DEL CORPO DI LEONE PER FIGVRAR L'EGITTO, OVE SI FINGE CH'ELLE NASCESSE. Hesiod in Theogon; Negl'orti Vaticani.

Wikidata ID

Q77258435

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