Jupiter and Mercury as Guests of Baucis and Philemon, from "Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi"
Artwork Details
- Title: Jupiter and Mercury as Guests of Baucis and Philemon, from "Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi"
- Series/Portfolio: Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi
- Artist: Simon Charles Miger (French, Nemours 1736–1820 Paris)
- Artist: After Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois (French, Paris 1731–1823 Paris)
- Author: Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia)
- Translator: Abbé Antoine Banier (French, 1673–1741)
- Publisher: Chez Despilly (French, active 18th century)
- Date: ca. 1765
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 1/4 in. (19.4 × 13.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.1736
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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