Diana and Endymion

c. 1729 - 1742 (published 1763)

Nicolas Le Sueur

Artist, French, 1690 - 1764

Madeleine Françoise Basseporte

Artist, French, 1701 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks: black line block and gray-blue and light blue tone blocks on heavy laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    image: 44.9 x 30.9 cm (17 11/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 53.2 x 34.4 cm (20 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.39

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 38, fig. 9.

Inscriptions

lower center in block: Diane et Endimion; across bottom in block: d'apres le dessein de Sébastien Conca, grave par Nicolas le Sueur Sous la Conduite de M. Basseporie 134.

Wikidata ID

Q75122193

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