Allegorische voorstelling met Amphitrite, Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1712 - 1760

Title(s)

Allegorische voorstelling met Amphitrite
L'eau (title on object)
Vier elementen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1938-868

Catalogue reference

• IFF 18e siècle 65
• LeBlanc 83-86

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Amphitrite ligt steunend op een dolfijn in het water, omringd door zeenimfen. Twee putti zweven boven haar in de lucht.

Artist

• publisher: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Charles Joseph Natoire (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Gabriel Huquier (mentioned on object)
• Franse kroon (mentioned on object)

Place

publisher: France
publisher: Paris

Dating

1712 - 1760

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 325 mm × width 414 mm

What

• water (one of the four elements)
• Amphitrite riding on a dolphin; possibly brought to Neptune

Credit line

• Gift of D.H. Cevat, Guernsey

Acquisition

gift 1938

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français, dl. 1, p. 324, cat.nr. 65
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, Ch Leblanc, dl. 1, p. 110, cat.nr. 83-86