Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt and Charles-Dominique Eisen
Pygmalion’s Statue of Galatea Comes to Life
1775
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- Artist: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt
- Artist: Charles-Dominique Eisen
Pygmalion’s Statue of Galatea Comes to Life
1775
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 198 × 121 mm. (7 13/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Image: 142 × 96 mm. (5 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.1922
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: One
Inscribed: RECTO: LWRC: "PIGMALION"; BC: "A Pairs chez Naudet Md. d'Estampes au louvre"; VERSO: LR: [Claghorn collector stamp]
Artist
Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt
1737–1814
French, born Flanders, 1738-1815
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