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This and 115 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Alcoves, Friezes, and Ornament Designs.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Alcove with Apollo Kissing Leucothoe, 1658–1703

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Le Pautre and published by Nicolas Langlois and print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1658–1703 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 19.1 × 26.3 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 16.6 × 22.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 13/16 in.) Image: 14.9 × 21.4 cm (5 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left : Chez N. Langlois rue St. Jacques avec Privil du Roy.; lettered lower right: Inventé et Gravez par J. le Pautre

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Apollon espris de Leucothöe fille dOrchamus la vient aborder sous la ressemblance de sa mère Eurinome mais après avoir fait/ retirer ses filles pour lentretenir en particulier il reprit sa forme ordinaire et jouit de cette princesse que son Père pour cette faute fit/ enterrer toute vive Metam.l.4me; inscribed in graphite lower right margin : 61

Cite this object as

Print, Alcove with Apollo Kissing Leucothoe, 1658–1703; Designed by Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); Published by Nicolas Langlois; France; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 19.1 × 26.3 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 16.6 × 22.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 13/16 in.) Image: 14.9 × 21.4 cm (5 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-341-36

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