Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5412981
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Andromague, à la prise de Troye, voulant souver son fils Astyanax de la fureur des Grecs
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Print run
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Dimensions
44,5 x 58,9
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Details

Depiction of Andromache, the wife of the Trojan prince Hektor, who tries to save her son Astyanax from the Greeks during the siege of Troy. Etching and engraving by Jean Audran (1667-1756), after a painting by Louis de Silvestre (1675-1760). The print is dedicated to Cardinal Rohan, Prince Bishop of Strasbourg, with his coat of arms in print at the bottom. Signed in print. Made around 1720.

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