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Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville

Art historian and historian of ideas

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Images from the collections

Images by Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville

22 images from works
  • The Hamilton vase: a wine-mixing bowl (krater) painted with a monument in which are a man with a horse, and with other figures. Engraving, 17--.
  • A vase-painting: a head in profile to left, wearing an embroidered cap and ear-pendants. Coloured engraving.
  • A vase (bell-krater) painted with three young man wearing robes, two of them holding staffs. Engraving, 17--.
  • A vase-painting: four young men at a symposion. Coloured engraving.
  • The Hamilton vase: a wine-mixing bowl (krater) painted with a monument in which are a man with a horse, and with other figures; outline drawings from side with measurements. Engraving, 17--.
  • A drinking-horn (rhyton) in the form of the head of a deer: outline drawing with measurements. Engraving, 17--.
  • A vase-painting: a winged genius holding a bowl attends two young women holding boxes. Coloured engraving, 17--.
  • A round wine-mixing bowl (calyx krater) painted with the hunter Cephalos being pursued by Eos (Dawn). Engraving, 17--.
  • A vase-painting: two men accompanying a woman with a basket on her head; a thiasos (?). Coloured engraving.
  • A vase-painting: an owl. Coloured engraving.
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Works from the collections

29 works

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    A vase-painting: a man with a horse, two hounds and two women. Coloured engraving, 17--.

    | Date: [1787?] | Reference: 2498912i
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    The Hamilton vase: a wine-mixing bowl (krater) painted with a monument in which are a man with a horse, and with other figures; outline drawings from side with measurements. Engraving, 17--.

    | Date: [1787?] | Reference: 2498902i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A vase (bell-krater) painted with three young man wearing robes, two of them holding staffs. Engraving, 17--.

    | Date: [1787?] | Reference: 2498905i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A vase-painting: an owl. Coloured engraving.

    | Date: [1785?] | Reference: 2975078i
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    Antiquités étrusques, grecques et romaines, gravées / par F.A. David, avec leurs explications par d'Hancarville.

    Hancarville, Pierre d', 1719-1805. | Date: 1785-1788
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Related topics

William Hamilton
Italy - Antiquities
Vase-painting, Greek
Kraters
Erotic literature

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