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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R10805
People
Jean Jacques Avril the Elder, French (1744 - 1831)
After Jean François de Troy, French (1679 - 1752)
Title
Venus retaliating against Psyche
Other Titles
Former Title: Vénus se venge de Psiché
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1779
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/240196

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 34.8 × 50.2 cm (13 11/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 41.6 × 53 cm (16 3/8 × 20 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
between states i and ii
Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. I, no. 85, p. 354; M.11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R10805
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gazette de France, December 14, 1779, [reference citation]
  • Journal de Paris, December 4, 1779, [reference citation]

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