This and 149 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Designs by François de Cuvilliés as well as other German Artists.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Pygmalion

This is a Print. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Ig. Ginter Inv. et Sc. m

It is inscribed

Printed upper right, in plate: 26; Printed lower center, in plate: Pigmalion Rex Tÿro. Ovid. lib. io.; Inscribed in graphite, lower center, in margin: 126

Cite this object as

Print, Pygmalion; Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-127

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