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Leon Davent (or Daris), engraver
French, 1509 - 1565
Vulcan and the Cyclops Forging Arrows for Cupid, after Luca Penni (?), 16th century
Engraving
31.9 x 44.8 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.36277

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after, Luca Penni

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Artist Biography: Professional engraver, born in Ostia in 1509; active ca. 1540-56. Began as an engraver, but took up etching at Fontainebleau ca. 1543, mostly translating work by Primaticcio and Giulio Romano. See: Reed, Sue Walsh and Richard Wallace. Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque. Boston: 1989, Museum of Fine Arts.~~Reference: Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre-Graveur. Vol. 16. W¸rzburg: 1920~Zerner, H. Italian Artists of the Sixteenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch vol 32. New York: 1979.~