Jupiter en Antiope, Jean Charles Le Vasseur, 1744 - 1816

Title(s)

Jupiter en Antiope
Le Satyre amoureux (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1938-624

Catalogue reference

• Portalis&Beraldi 30

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Artist

• print maker: Jean Charles Le Vasseur (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Pierre Charles Lemettay (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Jean Charles Le Vasseur (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1744 - 1816

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 332 mm × width 430 mm

What

• Jupiter, disguised as a satyr, approaches the sleeping Antiope; the eagle may be standing nearby
• satyr(s) (in general)
• (story of) Antiope

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1938

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Jupiter en Antiope

• Les graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, dl. 2, p. 694, cat.nr. 30