Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Atalanta and Hippomanes, 1763
- Title:
- Atalanta and Hippomanes
- Additional Title(s):
- Atalanta & Hippomanes
- Date:
- 1763
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (42.4 x 28.8 cm), Plate: 16 x 10 1/16 inches (40.7 x 25.5 cm), Image: 14 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (36.7 x 24.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, on back, upper center: "6111"; lower right, in graphite: "1413 Juer"
Lettered, in black ink, lower left under image: "B. Luti Invent:"; lower right under image: "F. Bartolozzi Sculp:"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.542
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apples | architecture | balls | chasing | city | clouds | during the foot-race Hippomenes drops the three golden apples; Atalante stops to pick them up, and is thus beaten | forest | gambling | man | mythological figures | plants | racing | religious and mythological subject | river | running | sandals | trees | woman
- Associated People:
- Atalante
Hippomenes - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40651
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