A dancing faun with cymbals. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1745.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
8 July 1745
Reference:
663748i
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About this work

Description

The sculpture known as the "Dancing faun", in the Uffizi, Florence, from at least 1665: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Published according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 8 July 1745.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 51.1 x 35.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Faunus saltans e musaeo medecaeo [sic]. R. Dalton del. ; S. F. Ravenet sculp. To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Hilsborough this plate is humbly inscrbed [sic], by his Lordship's most devoted & obedient servant R. Dalton

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 205-208, no. 34 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663748i

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Where to find it

  • Copy 1

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  • album of etchings by R. Dalton after ancient sculptures in Italy

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