Acteon, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)
Artwork Details
- Title: Acteon, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)
- Series/Portfolio: 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)
- Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
- Artist: Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595–1676)
- Publisher: Henri Le Gras (French)
- Dedicatee: Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638–1715 Versailles)
- Patron: Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602–1661 Vincennes)
- Date: 1644
- Medium: Etching; first state of five
- Dimensions: Sheet: 1 13/16 × 2 1/4 in. (4.6 × 5.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hartshorne, 1918
- Object Number: 18.48.2-14
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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