Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt and Charles-Dominique Eisen
Pygmalion at Work on His Statue of Galatea
1775
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- Artist: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt
- Artist: Charles-Dominique Eisen
Pygmalion at Work on His Statue of Galatea
1775
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 196 × 122 mm. (7 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Image: 143 × 95 mm. (5 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.1919
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "In the Artist's Studio: Works on Paper from the Collection," Sept 15, 2005 - Feb 27, 2005.
Elizabeth Rodini et al., BMA, "Printed Sculpture/Sculpted Prints," 14 November 2007 - 23 March 2008, no. 12-14, p. 8, ill. p. 7.
Elizabeth Rodini et al., BMA, "Printed Sculpture/Sculpted Prints," 14 November 2007 - 23 March 2008, no. 12-14, p. 8, ill. p. 7.
Signed: One
Inscribed: lower left in plate: "Ch. Eisen inv."; lower center in plate: "Aliamet Direcxit/ PIGMALION / "A Paris chez Naudet Md. d'Estampes au louvre"; lower right in plate: "E. DeGhendt Sculp."
Markings: CM: Claghorn
Artist
Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt
1737–1814
French, born Flanders, 1738-1815
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