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Title: Prometheus forms Man in from Water and Earth and Minerva Animates Him, 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:
Joseph de Longueil (French, Givet, Ardennes 1730–1792 Paris)
Artist:
After Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels)
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: 1765
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 5 3/16 in. (19.6 × 13.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.1738
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