Object Detail
Description
figures, cherubs and hounds. [based on the the Metamorphoses, by the Roman poet Ovid]
Maker and role
engraver: I Frey
after: Nicolas Poussin
after: Nicolas Poussin
Production place
Italy
Production date
circa 1790
Media description
engraving on paper, framed (wood gesso)
Measurements
s: 460 x 560 mm
f: 617 x 713 x 20 mm
f: 617 x 713 x 20 mm
Inscriptions
BL CNR "N. Poussin pinx in Ædib. D. Fran. Xav. Geminiani" BC "Dixit et arreptam prensis a fronte capillis Stravit hum pronam. Brachia cæperunt nigris horrescere villis . Ovid metam lib 2." BR CNR 'I. Freijino Rome 1752."
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0993
TJC reference number
5096