Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé
published 1800
Longus (author) with plates after Pierre Paul Prud'hon and Baron François Gérard
Author, Greek, active 3rd century
Artist, French, 1767 - 1841
Artist, French, 1771 - 1839
Artist, French, born c. 1768
Artist, French, 1775 - 1843
Artist After, French, 1770 - 1837
Artist After, French, 1758 - 1823
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 9 engravings on laid paper (full-page, versos blank); 3 by Barthelemy Joseph Fulcran Roger after Pierre Paul Prud'hon, 4 by Jean Godefroy after baron François Gérard, 1 by Jean-Baptiste-Raphael-Urbain Massard after Gérard, and 1 by HenriMarais after Gérard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 31 x 23.1 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 31.7 x 24.7 x 3.2 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1996.62.1
Associated Artworks
Ex-Libris: Camille Aboussouan
Hans Bellmer
1955
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Camille Aboussouan (book plate); (Bromer Booksellers, Boston, MA); Mrs. Tom F. Marsh, Dallas, TX; gift (partial and promised) to NGA, 1996.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
all following by later hands on front endpaper: upper right in graphite: 1250- / ELLZ / MTOL / #7554; upper center in graphite: Cohen-de Ricci 656-57 / Ray-French 76. / Papier vélin 1er tirage / Figures avant la lettre (très belle epreuve) / Beau livre / voir catalogue Heillerman 31 numero 99