Phrosine and Melidore

1796

Pierre Paul Prud'hon

Artist, French, 1758 - 1823

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, stipple, roulette, and engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 x 14.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.3 x 20.8 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.104.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goncourt 1876, no. 4, State iii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 48.

Bibliography

1876

  • Goncourt, Edmond de. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint, dessine et grave de P.P. Prud'hon. Paris: Rapilly, 1876.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 48.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: P.P.Prudhon. inv. incidit.; lower center in graphite: SVR

Wikidata ID

Q74044739

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