Vignette (Liv. IX, page 216. 3.e vol.) depicting Hercules shooting an arrow at Nessus, who has abducted his wife, Dianara, from "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide..."
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- Title: Vignette (Liv. IX, page 216. 3.e vol.) depicting Hercules shooting an arrow at Nessus, who has abducted his wife, Dianara, from "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide..."
- Series/Portfolio: Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, Traduction nouvelle Avec le texte latin, suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des Fables, de notes géographiques, historiques, mythologiques et critiques, Par M.G.T. Villenave; ornée de gravures d'après les dessins de MM. LeBarbier, Monsiau et Moreau. A Paris, Chez les Éditeurs, F. Gay Libraire, rue de la Harpe, Bureau de la Bible; Ch. Guestard, Avocat, rue Saint Germain-l'Auxerrois. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné. MDCCCVI.
- Artist: Pierre Charles Baquoy (French, 1759–1829)
- Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
- Author: Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia)
- Translator: Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse de Villenave (French, Haute-Garonne 1762–1846 Paris)
- Printer: Pierre Didot l'ainé (French, 1761–1853)
- Publisher: F. Gay (French)
- Publisher: Ch. Guestard (French)
- Date: 1806–22
- Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of five (Bocher)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 11/16 in. (29.8 × 22 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
- Object Number: 45.8.3(126)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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