Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Bacchus / With other figures / Individuals / Mercury
Historia Thebana / The story of Oedipus, Laius and Jocasta / Oedipus is taken down from the tree
Mercury / With other figures / Bacchus (infant)
Mercury / Myths / Mercury and the infant Bacchus

HISTORY

Modern / France / 17th century / Le Grand Turenne, as a boy, sleeps outdoors on a cannon in winter to prove his endurance (1621)

Further details

Page of the catalogue to the 1761 Salon with marginal drawings by Saint-Aubin after sculptures by Challes

Artist or creator

Saint-Aubin, Gabriel de (1724-1780) after
Challes, Simon (1719-1765)

Date

1761

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Jean Seznec and Jean Adhémar, Salons de Diderot, Fig. 57

Rights and Permissions

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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