Verwoesting van het schip van Aeneas en de verandering van de opvarenden in nimfen, Nicolas de Beauvais, after Antoine Coypel, 1697 - 1763

Title(s)

Verwoesting van het schip van Aeneas en de verandering van de opvarenden in nimfen
Ite deae pelagi (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-56.781

Catalogue reference

• IFF 18e siècle 19

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Nicolas de Beauvais (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Antoine Coypel (mentioned on object)

Dating

1697 - 1763

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 446 mm × width 713 mm

What

• when Turnus sets the Trojan ships on fire they turn into sea-nymphs at Cybele's request
• (decorated) ceiling

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, dl. 2, p. 189, cat.nr. 19
• Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, cat.nr. 20