Accession number
PML 55623, plate 128 (lower)
Creator
Reverdy, Georges, active 1529-1561, engraver.
Published
[15--]
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
Title from Bartsch.
Attribution disputed; Bartsch lists the engraving among the doubtful works of Reverdy.
One of a series of four engravings, three containing allegorical vanitas figures and the fourth the Roman alphabet.
Attribution disputed; Bartsch lists the engraving among the doubtful works of Reverdy.
One of a series of four engravings, three containing allegorical vanitas figures and the fourth the Roman alphabet.
Description
1 print : engraving ; 103 x 166 mm
Provenance
Jacques Auguste de Thou (inscription), Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr., Henry S. Morgan.
Summary
Print shows Narcissus gazing at his own reflection in a pool of water, within a decorative cartouche ornamented with lion heads, fruit, and grotesques.
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