Meleager and Atalanta | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M22556
People: François Chauveau, French (Paris 1613 - 1676 Paris)
Title: Meleager and Atalanta
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: (a pair with Venus and Adonis)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1643
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/264049

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

cut to plate: 22.9 x 20.4 cm (9 x 8 1/16 in.)
image: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: on plate, lower left: F. Chauveau fecit.
inscription: on plate, lower center: A Paris chez N. Langlois ruë St. Iacques à la Victoire
inscription: on plate, lower right: Avec Privilege du Roy

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: InvFF, v. 2, no. 152

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alvin L. Clark, Jr.
Accession Year: 1994
Object Number: M22556
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/15/2015 - 11/13/2015

Verification Level

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