The modern pygmalion; a nude young man, supposedly the sculptor, reclining on a couch (?), looking up at and holding the hand of his 'galatea', a naked young woman who mounts him with her left foot on the couch, guiding his member with her right hand; behind, various female and erotic statues looking on, a large urn to right with erotic bas-relief on the base; on the ground at bottom left, sculptor's tools. Etching and stipple. Date: 1790-1810 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 205 mm (trimmed); Width: 148 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Pygmalion. Collection: British Museum. Print (BM 1977,U.564 1)
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