Accession number
PML 140007, no. 218
Creator
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733, printmaker.
Published
[London] : [G. Bowyer?], 1725.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraving issued as a frontispiece illustration to Histoire de la peinture ancienne, extraite de l'Hist. Naturelle de Pline (London : G. Bowyer, 1725).
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; image: 223 x 167 mm; plate mark: 261 x 175 mm; sheet: 266 x 178 mm
Summary
Allegorical composition shows painting clasping hands with Minerva and surmounted by two figures of Fame who hover over her on a cloud; she is held up by three female figures, who are assailed by various malevolent figures who attempt, unsuccessfully, to drag them down.
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