Eros and Psyche

1766

Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non

Artist, French, 1727 - 1791

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Regina Slatkin

  • Dimensions

    image (oval): 24.8 x 31.8 cm (9 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.57.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cayeux 1963, no. undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Charles E. Slatkin [1909-1999]; gift 1984 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 10.

Bibliography

1963

  • Cayeux Jean de. "Introduction au catalogue critique des griffonis de Saint-Non." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français, 1963: pp. 297-384. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1964. Separately published. Paris Librairie Armand Colin, 1964: no. undesc.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Saint Non fe 1766; lower left in plate: Boucher del

Wikidata ID

Q74065757

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