Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733.

Date:: 1718

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Paris (rue de la Jussienne) : Desplaces, 1718.

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1 print : line engraving and etching ; image and text 46 x 57 cm

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Aqua. Terram alo fæcundans: sterno sæpe omnia: per me Nauta parat quæcumque solum natale negavit. ... Lud. de Boullongne inv et pinxit. L. Desplaces sculp, 1718. The lettering is repeated in French

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Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1951, tome VII, p. 93, no. 77

Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

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