Theseus en de Minotaurus, Raphael Morghen, after Buonaventura Salesa, after Antonio Canova, 1768 - 1833

Title(s)

Theseus en de Minotaurus
Sic domito saevum prostravit corpore Theseus neqvicquam vanis iactantem cornua ventis (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-36.554

Catalogue reference

• Halsey 164-3(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 12

Description

Een sculptuur van Theseus die op de zojuist veslagen Minotaurus zit, door de Italiaanse beeldhouwer Antonio Canova.

Artist

• print maker: Raphael Morghen (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Buonaventura Salesa (mentioned on object)
• after sculpture by: Antonio Canova (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Venice
after drawing by: Italy
after sculpture by: Italy

Dating

1768 - 1833

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 521 mm × width 386 mm

What

• Theseus kills the Minotaur
• piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Raphael Morghen's engraved works being a descriptive catalogue, ... accompanied by biographical and other notes with a life of the engraver, p. 147, cat.nr. 164