PrintsFrench18th century

Venus retaliating against Psyche

1779

Artists

Jean Jacques Avril the ElderArtist

Jean François de TroyArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 34.8 × 50.2 cm (13 11/16 × 19 3/4 in.) Sheet: 41.6 × 53 cm (16 3/8 × 20 7/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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