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Pallas [print] / R.B. del. ; N.B. sculp.

Accession number
PML 5639.21
Creator
Bonnart, Nicolas, 1637-1718, engraver, publisher.
Published
A Paris : Chez N. Bonnart, rüe St. Jacques, à l'aigle [169-].
Notes
Title from item.
One of a series of four engravings illustrating Paris and the three goddesses (see PML 5639.19-22).
Four lines of verse in two columns below caption title: Pallas ne peut souffrir Sans peine et sans murmure ... Quelle sçait se vanger quand on ny pense pas.
Item no. 21 of v. 2 of a set of 2 bound albums containing a total 170 collected engravings (see PML 5638-39).
Print mounted on bound leaf measuring 524 x 352 mm
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 234 x 176 mm; plate mark: 269 x 190 mm; sheet: 313 x 223 mm
Summary
Print shows a lady in fashionable dress representing Pallas Athena, holding a spear and seated in an unhitched chariot, with a shield at her feet and a pair of owls at right.
Classification
Department