The Admission of Psyche to Olympia

c. 1635

François Perrier

Artist, French, 1594 - 1649

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate mark): 19 x 50.1 cm (7 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.37.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 31, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul McCarron, New York; purchased by NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Raphael Vrbin inuentor; lower right in plate: Fr. Paria incid; by later hand, center verso in graphite: Francois Perrier / 1590-1650; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 16-84-26-ALG-[R?]M

Wikidata ID

Q75123509


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