Object Number 1983.0503

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Jupiter and Europa. L'Enlevement D'Europe.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

François Vivarès (Engraver and publisher)
1709-1780

Claude Lorrain (Painter)
1604-1682
Claude was a very prolific painter, and is often considered the greatest of ideal landscape painters. He was born of peasants Jean and Anne (or Idatte) Gellée in the village of Champagne, then in the independent duchy of Lorraine. Due to an inaccurate inscription, his birth date was long believed to be 1600, but it is now believed to be 1604. His early training is uncertain, but it seems as if he went to Rome at age 13 or so, perhaps as a pastry cook, and then probably went to Naples, where he studied painting. He was highly regarded as an artist. His landscapes depict an image of nature more beautiful and better ordered than nature itself, often including pastoral scenes with shepherds guarding their flocks. He refined the theme, first seen in Venetian painting around 1510, by using light as the principal means both of unifying the composition and of lending beauty to the landscape. His popular works embodied the courtly values of 'high finish' and decorum; among his most important patrons were members of the European nobility and higher clergy. (Source: ULAN).

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

April 10 1771 (1771-1771)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Fran,,\s Vivares sculp,,\t 1771.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Claud Lorrain pinxit.
3. Inscription; Lower left; Published by Fran,,\s Vivares April 10,,\th 1771.

Subjects

Mythological; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper; Wood

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

20.6 (H) , 24.1 (W) , 18.9 (Image H) , 23 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

52.4 (H) , 61.2 (W) , 18.9 (Image H) , 23 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Unable to determine platemark due to condition.

Publisher Summary

Vivarès, François

Publication Date

04/10/1771

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

Watermark

Unknown

Object Description

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