Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Statue de Galatee, de marbre blanc, haute de 5 pi et demy dans la grotte de Versailles. Par Baptiste Tubi Romain. // [Statue of Galatea, 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 2013.00212
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc0r967j08k
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1678]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1678
Extent
1 item ; sheet 66.6 x 49.3 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 in plate, below: 'Statue de Galatee, de marbre blanc, haute de 5 pi et demy // dans la grotte de Versailles. Par Baptiste Tubi Romain. - Statua Galateae, e Pario marmore, alto 5. ped. Cum dimidio. // in crypta Versaliana. Opus Baptistae 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
Galatea (Nereid)—Art
Mythology, Greek, in art
Goddesses, 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
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/01508d59-dbeb-47c2-99cb-67e834316ca2/manifest