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Zeus and Semele

(French, 1656–1684)
(Flemish, about 1648/9–1690)
about 1684-1690
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 11.7 × 29.8 cm (4 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 10.9 × 29.5 cm (4 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP4540
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom right, the number "4"
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
about 1660-1700
Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
about 1770-1810
Time Clipping the Wings of Cupid
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
late 17th–mid 18th century