Sophonisba ontvangt het huwelijksgeschenk van Masinissa, Simon François Ravenet (le vieux), 1764

Title(s)

Sophonisba ontvangt het huwelijksgeschenk van Masinissa
Sophonisba accepting the nuptial present sent by her husband Masinissa (title on object)
Zeventiende-eeuwse schilderijen uit de Devonshire-collectie (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1949-511

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 23

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Simon François Ravenet (le vieux) (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: John Hamilton Mortimer (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Luca Giordano (mentioned on object)
• publisher: John Boydell (mentioned on object)
• John Boydell (mentioned on object)
• William Cavendish (vierde hertog van Devonshire) (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1764

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 426 mm × width 535 mm

What

• death of Sophonisbe: she receives from a servant a cup of poison sent to her by Masinissa

Credit line

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

Acquisition

purchase 1949

Copyright

Public domain

• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, Ch Leblanc, dl. 3, p. 288, cat.nr. 23