Pygmalion with his statue of a woman that comes to life. Engraving by J.N. Laugier, 1824, after A.L. Girodet-Trioson, 1819.
- Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824.
- Date:
- 1824
- Reference:
- 11563i
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The scupture is identified differently in different sources: as Venus (Aphrodite), as a nymph, as a woman called Galatea, as Elise (by Goethe), etc. Cupid mediates between Pygmalion and the sculpture
Publication/Creation
1824
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching
Lettering
A.L. Girodet-Trioson 1819. J.N. Laugier, 1824.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11563i
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