Jupiter en Semele, Thomas Cook, after Benjamin West, 1771

Title(s)

Jupiter en Semele

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-19.222

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 12

Artist

• print maker: Thomas Cook (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Benjamin West (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Thomas Bradford (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

Feb-1771

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 442 mm × width 547 mm

What

• Jupiter kills Semele by coming to her with his lightning and thunderbolts

Acquisition

purchase 1828

Copyright

Public domain

• Selling prints to the Rijksmuseum in 1827 : Christiaan Josi and Cornelis Apostool, Erik Hinterding, Olenka Horbatsch