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The image depicts the upper bodies of two figures. One is an adult female and the other a cherubic child. The woman is seated, facing left, looking back at the viewer. She has curled hair, almond-shaped eyes, and a straight nose. She wears a draped, long-sleeved garment and holds a helmet in her right hand. The cherub stands beside her with wings, curly hair, and similar facial features. The cherub wears a sash and has a quiver of arrows on their back. The background is dark with a small piece of text at the bottom.
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The image depicts the upper bodies of two figures. One is an adult female and the other a cherubic child. The woman is seated, facing left, looking back at the viewer. She has curled hair, almond-shaped eyes, and a straight nose. She wears a draped, long-sleeved garment and holds a helmet in her right hand. The cherub stands beside her with wings, curly hair, and similar facial features. The cherub wears a sash and has a quiver of arrows on their back. The background is dark with a small piece of text at the bottom.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Achilles as Pyrrha with Cupid

Jan Thomas after Sir Anthony Van Dyck

Date
1659
Medium
mezzotint and etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within platemark): 20.9 × 21.9 cm (8 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1954.12.145
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Flemish
  • Woman
  • Cupid
  • Arrow
  • Helmet
Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971)

Inscription

recto: in plate, below image: ACHILLES INTER VIRGINES HABITU MULIEBRI DELITE SCENS, EX GALEA SIBI / PRAE DONIS CETERIS ELECTA ULYSSIS ASTU DETEGITUR. / Spectatissimo EximiogB Viro, Dno Ludovico Malo, observationis ergo dedicat humillime Joann: Thomas 1. Jan: 1659.; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: Delaborde 181 / Le Bl. 17 / Smith 3 / No. 1563

Marks

recto: Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (Lugt 971); verso: none

NGA object ID 43092. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.