Basic | Advanced | Keyword | Image Groups | About DAC Collection Search

The Dispute between Jupiter and Juno over Which of the Two Sexes Finds Greatest Pleasure,

Number 46 from the series of 52 engravings, Metamorphoses (illustrations for the work by Ovid)

Engraving on laid paper

Probably later state not published by Baudous

Print impression quality: Fair, but worn

Dimensions (Plate): 176 x 254 mm (6.9 x 10 in.)

Inscribed in plate, lower right: “HG invent”; inscribed with verse by G. Ryckius

Watermark: No watermark

Edition: This is an alternate impression with different inscriptions from DAC 1968.29.3.46. This sheet was inserted loose (unbound) in the album of 52 prints for Ovid's “Metamorphoses” (DAC 1968.29.3.1-52)

Accession number: 1968.29.3.53

Purchase funds, 1968

Provenance / Collectors' marks: Vernon J. Watney, Cornbury (name stamped in album)

Bibliography: Bartsch 50 (vol. 2); Illustrated Bartsch 76 (vol. 3, p. 359); for the series, see Hollstein 16–67 (vol. 1, p. 182) and 10–61 (vol. 7, p. 130); see also description attached to original DAC catalog card.

Work Type: print

Related Works: See an alternate impression with different inscriptions, DAC 1968.29.3.46.

Keywords: Click a term to find other records with the same keyword.

• literature (writings)
• mythology
• nudes
• illustrations
• illustration

This object is in the following image group(s):

http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/obj1774 is a persistent link to this page with no user-session information.

Information here was last updated on 11/6/2020. Some is from older cataloging. Most objects acquired through 5/9/2019 are represented; cataloging is in process for some objects. We continue to add and update content. Please contact the DAC Registrar of Collections to suggest corrections with citations. Captions embedded in DAC images have basic information as of the time the digital image was made; details and updates appear on object pages.

Most objects are not on view in the DAC gallery, which presents three temporary exhibitions each year. We encourage Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff, as well as outside scholars, to contact the DAC Curator to arrange private viewings of selected works for teaching, study, and academic research. Online content created by the DAC and not identified as "Open Access" or "CC0" is © 1996-2021 Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 301 High St., Middletown, CT 06459-0487. Privacy Policy.