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Leucothoe and Apollo, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi

ca. 1765
Not on view

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  • Title: Leucothoe and Apollo, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi
  • Series/Portfolio: Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi
  • Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Blaise Simonet (French, Paris 1742–after 1813)
  • Artist: After Charles Monnet (French, Paris 1732–after 1808)
  • Author: Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia)
  • Translator: Abbé Antoine Banier (French, 1673–1741)
  • Publisher: Chez Despilly (French, active 18th century)
  • Date: ca. 1765
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 3/16 in. (19.3 × 13.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.1701
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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