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ELISABETH SOPHIE LE HAY CHÉRON (1648-1711)
The Farnese Flora
c.1670-1709Etching with engraving | 32.0 x 15.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854591
An etching with engraving reproducing a drawing of the so-called Farnese Flora, a colossal statue now in the Archaeological Museum, Naples (inv. 6409). This print is signed by the printmaker with the attribution of the drawing to Raphael. According to the inscription, this drawing was then in the collection of Roger de Piles. Trimmed within the platemark.
Creator(s)
Elisabeth Sophie Le Hay Chéron (1648-1711) (printmaker)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)
32.0 x 15.5 cm (sheet of paper)
La Flore Antique
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
- Floral decorations
- Garlands
- Floral decorations
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Statues
- Sculpture
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Other number(s)
Ruland p. 348 B.VI.1
