Antique Print-GREEK ARTEFACT-APOLLO-LYRE-WILD BOAR-FLUTE-Caylus-1767
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Antique Print-GREEK ARTEFACT-APOLLO-LYRE-WILD BOAR-FLUTE-Caylus-1767

Print

€65.00

‘PL. XXVII (..).’

– Original antique print showing ancient classical Greek artefacts; An oval gem intaglio showing Apollo holding his signature lyre, accompanied by a small youth or Eros, a nude deity (possibly Apollo or Bacchus) with a bow, a wild boar, a seated satyr or classical youth leaning against a pillar while playing a double flute (aulos) beneath a tree etc.

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SKU: PCOM-1301 Category: Tag:

Description

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20 x 27 cm (7.87 x 10.63 inch). Image size: 14.5 x 21 cm. (5.71 x 8.27 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Minor foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GREEK ARTEFACT-APOLLO-LYRE-WILD BOAR-FLUTE | PCO-MISC-BOX-02

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Receuil d’Antiquités Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Grecques, Romaines et Gauloises. Supplement, Tome Septieme. By Anne-Claude-Philippe de Chubieres & Comte de Caylus. Published by N.M. Tilliard, Paris, 1767.

Biography engraver: Engraver unknown/to be determined.

Biography artist: Compte de Caylus (1692-1765) was a French antiquarian and archaeologist.

Additional information

Dimensions 27 × 20 × 1 cm

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