Antique Master Print-CUPID-BINDING-AGLAIA-Challiou-Kauffman-c.1780 Elisabeth Challiou after Thomas Burke

'CUPID BINDING AGLAIA TO A LAUREL. CUPIDON ET AGLAIE. A.P.D.R.'Allegorical scene of Cupid tying a laurel wreath around the hair of the sleeping Aglaia, seated in a wooded area with distant mountains. Classical-mythological subject in an oval composition.Made by Elisabeth Challiou after Thomas Burke after Angelica Kauffman.Medium: Stipple engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 47.3 x 44.1 cm (18.62 x 17.36 inch). Image size: 36.8 x 33.3 cm. (14.49 x 13.11 inch).CUPID, AGLAIA, ANGELICA KAUFFMAN, MYTHOLOGY, ALLEGORY, 18TH CENTURY, WOMAN, NEOCLASSICAL, BURKE, CHALLIOU | PCO-E23-33BACKGROUND INFORMATIONLikely published in Paris; 'A.P.D.R.' indicates a French edition (A Paris De Retz).Biography engraver: Elisabeth Challiou (active ca. 1780 ) was a French engraver. Little biographical information survives, but she was active in Paris and engraved after well-known artists.Biography artist: Angelica Kauffman (1741 1807) was a Swiss-English painter and founding member of the Royal Academy in London. A major figure in Neoclassicism, known for historical and allegorical compositions. Condition: very good, given age. Trimmed, but plate clear. Paper loss in top left corner, backed. Damage in top right corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.