Charles-Nicolas Cochin I and Nicolas Vleughels
Achilles’ Shield
1714
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 319 × 240 mm. (12 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Plate: 248 × 218 mm. (9 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection
Object Number
2012.648
Jean Boivin, "Apologie d'Homere, et bouclier d'Achille" (Paris: François Jouenne, 1715), facing p. 1
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, at top left: "Bouclier / tel qu'il est / Homere"; in plate, at top right: "d'Achille / décrit dans / Iliade L. 18e"; below image, at left: "N. Vleughels inv."; below image, at right: "C. Cochin sculp."; Verso: none
Markings: None
