Personificatie van de Maan op haar strijdwagen, anonymous, Claude Mellan, after Pietro da Cortona, in or after 1633 - 1664

Title(s)

Personificatie van de Maan op haar strijdwagen

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-71.198

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 324-Copie
  Remark: Kopie.

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• after print by: Claude Mellan
• after design by: Pietro da Cortona (mentioned on object)
• publisher: René Guérineau (mentioned on object)

Dating

in or after 1633 - 1664

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 216 mm × width 146 mm

What

• Luna in her chariot, usually drawn by two horses, a white and a black one; 'Carro della Luna' (Ripa)
• Diana as moon-goddess, i.e. Luna (Selene)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 17, p. 194, cat.nr. 324
• Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan d'Abbeville, Anatole de Montaiglon, Mariette, p. 416-417, cat.nr. 118