Print of nude woman surrounded by waves, monster, and armed man
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A nude woman stands surrounded by large waves. Her wrists and ankles are bound with cuffs with chains on them. She faces the viewer and looks downward with a distressed expression. Below her, a large dragon-like monster peers up from the ground. It has an open mouth with sharp teeth. In the top left corner above them, a man in a winged helmet lunges into the frame holding a sword and shield.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26235
People
François Boucher, French (Paris 1703 - 1770 Paris)
After François Boucher, French (Paris 1703 - 1770 Paris)
Title
Andromeda
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Andromède
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1734
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/55087

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 32 × 22.8 cm (12 5/8 × 9 in.)
Plate: 34.2 × 23.5 cm (13 7/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 35.1 × 24 cm (13 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: F. Boucher inue
  • watermark: IV [Jean Villedary]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iv
Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. III, no. 15; Baud. 42; Saint-Richard 203

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Manson Benedict
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26235
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Perrin Stein, Artists and Amateurs: Etching in 18th-century France, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2013), repr. as fig. 5 on p. 24 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Verification Level

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