Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Statue d'Acis, de marbre blanc, haute de 5 pieds et demi. Dans la grotte de Versailles, par Baptisete Tubi Romain // [Statue of Acis, in white marble, 5 and a half feet tall, in the Versailles grotto, by Baptisete Tubi Romain].
Call Number
A Middle 40/Drawer 05/GC077/Half Folio/17th c./Versailles GA 2013.00211
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcw0892r280
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1678]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1678
Extent
1 item ; sheet 67.1 x 48.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Acquired by Princeton in 1886 in an exchange with the Bibliotheque nationale (France). John S. Pierson, Class of 1840, effected the exchange, recorded by the BN as "Double e'change" No. 907.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Inscribed: "Statue d'Acis, de marbre blanc, haute de 5 pieds et demy. // Dans la grotte de Versailles. Par Baptisete Tubi Romain. - Statua Acis, e Pario marmore, alta 5. pedes 6 pott // In crypta Versaliana. Opus Baptista Tubi Romani".
Signed in plate, lower left: "H. Watele delin.".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Ioan. Edelinck sculp.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Sculpture—France—Versailles—In art
Acis (Greek mythology) in art
Mythology, Greek, in art
Grottoes (Garden structures)—France—Versailles—In art
Palaces—France—Versailles—In art
Felibien, Andre, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619-1695. Description de la grotte de Versailles—Illustrations
Sculpture, French—17th century—In art
Chateau de Versailles (Versailles, France)—In art
Bibliotheque nationale (France)—Former owner

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/641ec143-288d-4e96-81c5-02b68bbd54fa/manifest