Melpomene

19th century

Alexis Francois Girard, Artist Gedeon Francois Reverdin, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Melpomene

Artwork Date 19th century

Makers Alexis Francois Girard (Artist) French, 1787-1870 Gedeon Francois Reverdin (Artist) French, 1772-1828

Medium Crayon manner engraving in ink on laid paper

Dimensions Image: 21 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (54.9 × 37.5 cm) Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 24 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (62.9 × 41.9 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S521

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower center: MELPOMENE. Inscribed, lower left: Dessine par G. Reverdin d'apres la Statue faisant partie de la Collection des Muses, decouverte en 1774 a Tivoli, dans la Mon. de Campagne de Casius, dite la Pianella di Cassio. Inscribed, lower right: Grave par F. Girard. Inscribed, 3 lines in plate, fills bottom margin, left edge: Se vend a Paris chez Reverdin, Rue du Sentier, No. 15. | Les Principaux Marchands d'Estampes Inscribed, lower right: Neuvieme feuille de la Collection. | Depose a la Direction de la Librairie.

Provenance

Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Alexis Francois Girard; after Gedeon Francois Reverdin, Melpomene, 19th century, crayon manner engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S521.