DrawingsGerman18th century
Hippias Visits Danae, from "Geschichte des Agathon"
c. 1772
Artists
Johann Heinrich MeilArtist
Dimensions
9.6 x 6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Ferdinand Ebner, Augsbourg. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892
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