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Print, Cephalis and Procris

This is a Print. It was print maker: Giovanni Volpato and after Claude Lorrain. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1916. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. E. E. Butler. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. E. Butler.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 64.4 × 46.7 cm (25 3/8 × 18 3/8 in.) Paper: 69.9 × 50.2 cm (27 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

In margin, left: "Claude Gelé... pinx;" center: "Henricus Voogd delin." Right: "Joan Volpato Sculp et vendit Romae." Title below.

Cite this object as

Print, Cephalis and Procris; Print Maker: Giovanni Volpato (Italian, 1733 - 1803); After Claude Lorrain (French, 1600–1682); engraving on paper; Plate: 64.4 × 46.7 cm (25 3/8 × 18 3/8 in.) Paper: 69.9 × 50.2 cm (27 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. E. Butler; 1916-6-1

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