Statue of a Sleeping Eros [plate CLI]

1704-1742

Francesco Faraone Aquila

Engraver, Italian, c. 1676 - c. 1740

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.6 × 28.6 cm (8 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.)
    book: 49 × 38.2 × 3.5 cm (19 5/16 × 15 1/16 × 1 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.142.2.2.91

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Associated Artworks

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Raccolta di Statue Antiche e Moderne (Vol. 2)

Various Artists, Domenico de Rossi, Paolo Alessandro Maffei

1704

Statue of Apollo and Daphne [plate LXXXI]

Nicolas Dorigny

1704

Statue of Imperor Pescenius [sic] Nero [plate CX]

Francesco Faraone Aquila

1704

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in plate lower left: Fran. Aquila del. et inc.; in plate across bottom: STATVA DEL SONNO, in casa del Can. D. Vincenzo Vittoria

Wikidata ID

Q77259123

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