Author: Bernard Picart (1673-1733)
Title: [Antique print, etching and engraving] Le Midi, published ca. 1708-1733, 1 p.
Description: Midday, personified by Venus and Cupid, who presents her with an arrow; after the sculpted group in the gardens of Versailles executed by Marsy.Inscribed on the pedestal: LE MIDI.Inscription below: Venus et l'Amour, Statue de marbre, haulte de sept pieds dans les Iardins de Versailles. Par Gaspar de Marcy de Cambray.Signed: b. Picart ex C.P. / B. Picart sculp. direxit. Etching on paper; plate mark: 179 x 105 mm, total: 265 x 181 mm; state I/2 (?); some staining on the margins, and light smudges; overall in very good condition.

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