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Title: Vignette (Liv. VIII, Fable II, 3.e vol., page 15), depicting Theseus and the Minotaur, 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:
Nicolas Ponce (French, Paris, 1746–1831 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: 1769
Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of four (Bocher)
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 5 3/16 in. (19.5 × 13.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.1705
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