The Rape of Europa (after François Lemoyne)
Laurent Cars (Lyon 1699 - Paris 1771)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper, wood and glass
Measurements
500 x 382 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871188
Summary
Print, engraving, The Rape of Europa (after François Lemoyne) by Laurent Cars (Lyon 1699 - Paris 1771)
Provenance
A print with the title 'after lemoine'(sic) is included in a manuscript list c. 1902 of prints at Saltram, believed to be in the handwriting of Albert Edmund Parker(1878-1905), 3rd Earl of Morley and by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962) and formed part of the endowment given to NT following the transfer of the property etc in 1957.
Makers and roles
Laurent Cars (Lyon 1699 - Paris 1771), engraver after François Le Moyne (Paris 1688 – Paris 1737), artist