PrintsFrench18th century

Danaë and Shower of Gold

18th century

Artists

Louis DesplacesArtist

Carlo MarattiArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 26.7 × 37.2 cm (10 1/2 × 14 5/8 in.) Plate: 30.8 × 38.8 cm (12 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.) Sheet: 31.6 × 39.8 cm (12 7/16 × 15 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

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