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Erato [print] : seconde Muse / R.B. del. ; N.B. sculp.

Accession number
PML 5639.25
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 9 engravings illustrating the 9 muses (see PML 5639.24-32)
Four lines of verse in two columns below caption title: L'Amour, qui suit mes pas, rend mon coeur amoureux ... Dancer à mon example, et conter des fleurettes.
Item no. 25 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: 230 x 176 mm; plate mark: 275 x 193 mm; sheet: 315 x 221 mm
Summary
Print shows Erato as a woman in 17th century dress, sitting on a throne with a lyre in her lap and Eros standing to her right.
Classification
Department