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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G926
People
Louis Desplaces, French (Paris 1682 - 1739 Paris)
After Carlo Maratti, Italian (Camerano, Italy 1625 - 1713 Rome, Italy)
Title
Danaë and Shower of Gold
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/275490

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 26.7 × 37.2 cm (10 1/2 × 14 5/8 in.)
Plate: 30.8 × 38.8 cm (12 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 31.6 × 39.8 cm (12 7/16 × 15 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol VII, no.50, p. 86; LeBlanc 40

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G926
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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