Danae and the Shower of Gold | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR71.44.A
People: Lovis Corinth, German (Tapiau, East Prussia [now Gvardeysk, Russia] 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort, The Netherlands)
Title: Danae and the Shower of Gold
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Liebschaften des Zeus [The Affairs of Zeus]
Original Language Title: Danae und der Goldregen
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1920
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/222327

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in colored inks on cream laid paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 35.6 x 43.8 cm (14 x 17 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Lovis Corinth
inscription: l.c., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: "Danae" und der Goldregen

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Schwarz L401V

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Selma Sobin Fund
Accession Year: 1971
Object Number: BR71.44.A
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Karl Schwarz, ed., Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth (San Francisco, 1985), cat. no. L401 V

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