An Athlete Stopping a Lion, from "Group of Subjects Drawn From Antiquity"
This print is from a series of nine plates engraved by Caylus and Le Bas that was published in 1737. Two of the subjecs, "Un athlète arrêtant un lion" and "Un chasseur se saisissant d'un ours", were after designs by Bouchardon himself, unlike the rest of the prints in the series which were drawn after classical works.
Artwork Details
- Title: An Athlete Stopping a Lion, from "Group of Subjects Drawn From Antiquity"
- Series/Portfolio: Group of Subjects Drawn From Antiquity (Suite de sujets dessinés d'après l'antique)
- Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)
- Artist: Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, Paris 1707–1783 Paris)
- Artist: After Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698–1762 Paris)
- Date: 1737
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 7 5/16 × 5 5/8 in. (18.5 × 14.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
- Object Number: 53.600.2442
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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