English: Infant Jupiter, print made by John Raphael Smith in 1775 after a painting by Joshua Reynolds destroyed in 1816. It belongs to the British Museum.
The original work was destroyed in a fire at Belvoir Castle (Leicestershire, Great Britain).
Description
The Infant Jupiter on rocks, seen whole-length to front, partially draped in fabric and holding thunderbolt in his right hand, with eagle perched above him and goat at his feet; after Reynolds (Mannings 2098); proof before letters, but with scratched production detail. 1775
Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by: John Raphael Smith
After: Sir Joshua Reynolds
School/style
British
Production date
1775
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height: 498 millimetres
Width: 355 millimetres
Inscriptions
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription content: Scratched with production detail below image: "Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds" and "Engraved by J.R. Smith"
Bibliographic references
Hamilton 1884 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds (p.151.II)
D'Oench 1999 / Copper into Gold: Prints by John Raphael Smith (1751-1812) (60)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed)
Exhibition history
1986 Jan-Mar, London, Royal Academy, 'Sir Joshua Reynolds'
Subjects
allegory/personification
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter
Acquisition date
1830-1833 (between)
Acquisition notes
See comment on Aa,1.1.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Aa,12.55
Museum number
Aa,12.55