Flore de Farnêse [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Flore de Farnêse [graphic]
- Creator
- Thomassin, S. (Simon), 1652?-1732, printmaker
- Contributor
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Raon, Jean, 1630-1707, sculptor.
Mortier, Pierre, 1661-1711, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1695]
- Publication Place
- Amsterdam
- Publisher
- P. Mortier
- Abstract
-
Depiction of the marble statue of the Farnese Flora at the Palace of Versailles. The female figure looks to the right and is draped in a gown which falls away from her right shoulder; she holds up a garland in her left hand and grasps the hem of her garment in her right hand
- Description
-
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared.
Plate from: Thomassin, S. Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes, fontaines, vases, statues, et autres ornemens de Versailles. Amsterdam : P. Mortier, 1695.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate numbered "31" in upper right corner.
Mounted on page 159 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 13.6 x 9 cm
- Language
-
French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Art
Early works to 1800
Etchings Netherlands Amsterdam 1695
Engravings Netherlands Amsterdam 1695 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Flora (Roman deity)
- Subject (Topic)
- Sculpture
- Subjects
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Flora (Roman deity) > Art > Early works to 1800
Sculpture
Netherlands > Amsterdam > 1695
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13529443
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729745
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