Who created "Hercules bringing Alcestis back to her husband Admetus"?

Hercules bringing Alcestis back to her husband Admetus was created by Louis Desplaces|Antoine Coypel in 1715.

What medium is "Hercules bringing Alcestis back to her husband Admetus"?

Hercules bringing Alcestis back to her husband Admetus is Engraving.

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Hercules bringing Alcestis back to her husband Admetus

Louis Desplaces|Antoine Coypel

1715

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 18 1/4 in. × 14 in. (46.4 × 35.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Olga Sichel and Max Philippson, 1962

Accession Number

62.557.189

About the Artist

Louis Desplaces|Antoine Coypel · 1682–1739

**Louis Desplaces (1682–1739)** was a prominent French engraver and skilled draughtsman, born and died in Paris. Active from 1702 to 1739, he trained in the school of Gérard Audran, the renowned engraver whose precise and supple burin technique profoundly influenced Desplaces's own style. This classical foundation positioned him as a masterful reproductive engraver, bridging the meticulous 17th-ce...

Hercules bringing Alcestis back to her husband Admetus

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