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Le Nozze di Teti e Peleo, Act I, Scene 1: The Grotto of the Centaur Chiron
Artist
Israël Silvestre
(French, 1621 - 1691)
After
François Francart
(French, 1622 - 1672)
Date1654
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall Inches: plate: 8-7/8 x 11-15/16 inches, sheet: 9-1/2 x 12-15/16 inches; Overall Centimeters: plate: 22.5 x 30.4 cm, sheet: 24.7 x 32.8 cm
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2014.35
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEtching
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureWestern European
NationalityFrench
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Seventeenth
Inscribedprinted in plate bottom left: F Francart del J. Torelli in.; printed in plate bottom right: I. Silvestre; bottom center: one of the 10 plates by Silvestre, after drawings by F. Francart, / of J. Torelli’s Ballet: Marriage of Thetis. (1654. Paris); verso top right: 2