Hippolytus and the Sea Monster
Jean Lepautre
published 1676
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 7.3 x 9.1 cm (2 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Anonymous Gift
Accession Number
1988.49.6
About the Artist
Jean Lepautre
Jean Le Pautre (baptized June 28, 1618; died February 2, 1682), a pioneering French designer and engraver, emerged from a distinguished family of artists in Paris. The elder brother of architect Antoine Le Pautre, he was father to engravers Pierre Le Pautre and Jacques Le Pautre, uncle to sculptor Pierre Lepautre, and through his daughter Marie's marriage, stepfather-in-law to sculptor Pierre Le G...