La Diane d'Ephese. Antique.
gravé par B. Audran, 1719. Stipple & etching with small margins. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). A statue of Diana the huntress, holding a deer by the antler, found at Ephesus in Turkey. The engraving on the base of the statue incorrectly names it Venus.
[Ref: 34606] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Venus d'Arles. Antique.
[Engraved by B. Audran?] [n.d., c.1719.] Stipple & etching with small margins. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). A statue of Venus, apple in one hand, mirror in the other. Discovered in several pieces at the Roman theatre at Arles in 1651, the statue given to Louis XIV for Versailles in 1681, seized in the Revolution and housed in the Louvre since its inception.
[Ref: 34607] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)