A pair of 19th-century engravings. One depicts Endymion after "Effet de lune dit le sommeil d'Endymion" (Moonlight Effect, also known as Endymion's Sleep) by Girodet, engraved by H.G. Chatillon in Paris in 1810. It is "dedicated to Monsieur Trioson, Doctor of Medicine, Former Physician to the Camps and Armies of France, by his adopted son, A.-L. Girodet-Trioson, Member of the Legion of Honor and of the Academies of Painting of Rome and Florence." It shows a naked shepherd, asleep on a leopard skin and a blue cloth bathed in moonlight filtered through a bush by Zephyr, with butterfly wings. At his feet lie his dog and his weapons. The original painting is held at the Louvre Museum.
The other depicts the goddess Venus on the waters, after Bernardino Nocchi, executed by Giovanni Folo Venelo in Rome. It shows the goddess reclining on a conch shell covered in white and blue fabric, propelled by two Cupids on a dolphin. Above her stands a cherub holding two birds tied together. On the shore, Italianate architecture is set into the rocks, and two putti guard the goddess's chariot. A similar engraving is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Both paintings are in carved and gilded wooden frames decorated with moldings, a frieze of palmettes, and a frieze of hearts.
19th century, Circa: 1810.
Dimensions: L: 72cm, D: 5cm, H: 60cm.
Dimensions: W: 28.3in, D: 2in, H: 23.6in.
Condition report: In good overall condition.
- Reference :
- 3247
- Width :
- 72 (cm)
- Height :
- 60 (cm)
- Depth :
- 5 (cm)
- Identify Exists:
- False
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