Antique Print-MOMUS-COMUS-THEMIS-GREEK MYTHOLOGY-Leonard Defraine-Lacerf-1811

Subject: Original print, titled: 'Comus, Themis, Momus'. It shows: Comus (Greek God of festivities, revels and nocturnal dalliances), Momus (Greek personification of satire, mockery and censure) and Themis (Greek personification of divine order, natural law and custom). Please note: these prints are sold matted.

Condition: Good, given age. Some stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Professionally matted, not examined out of matting.

Medium: Handcoloured etching/engraving on a verge type handlaid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 36 x 32 cm. The image size is ca. 16 x 10 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 14.2 x 12.6 inch. The image size is ca. 6.3 x 3.9 inch.

Part Number: 43294

Location: DPO49-02

Description: This print originates from Lallement's book 'La Mythologie en Estampes, ou Figures des Divinites fabuleuses' (Paris, 1811).

Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Lacerf after Defraine. Jacques Louis Lecerf (Le Cerf) was an eighteenth-nineteenth century French engraver. Jean-Florens Defraine (1754-?) was a French painter.