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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M8965
People
Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux, French (1750 - 1823)
After Jean-Michel Moreau, called Moreau le jeune, French (Paris 1741 - 1814 Paris)
Title
The Abduction of Persephone
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Enlèvement de Proserpine
Series/Book Title: Illustration from: Demoustier, Lettre à Émilie sur la mythologie
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/272259

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 8.8 × 6.1 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 13.1 × 8.2 cm (5 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M8965
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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