Apollo en Phaëton in de zonnewagen, Nicolas Lesueur, after Paolo Farinati, c. 1729 - c. 1740

Title(s)

Apollo en Phaëton in de zonnewagen
Cabinet Crozat (series title)
Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1979-126

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 23

Inscriptions / marks

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

Artist

• print maker: Nicolas Lesueur (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Paolo Farinati (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1729 - c. 1740

Material

• paper

Technique

chiaroscuro woodcut

Measurements

height 634 mm × width 418 mm

What

• Apollo in the chariot of the sun, drawn by four horses, usually preceded by Aurora holding a torch; 'Carro del Sole' (Ripa)

Credit line

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

Acquisition

purchase 1979

Copyright

Public domain

• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, Ch Leblanc, dl. 2, p. 543, cat.nr. 23