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Title: Vignette (Liv. IX, Fable II, 3.e vol., page 105), depicting Nessus and Deianira, 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 Jacques Le Veau (French, Rouen 1729–1786 Paris)
Artist:
After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
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; fourth state of five (Bocher)
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 3/16 in. (19.1 × 13.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.1707
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