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Jean Mignon
The Death of Adoniscirca 1542-1547

Not on view
Engraving with fine crosshatched lines depicting five figures in a circular medallion — a nude archer, three draped women, and a fallen figure — surrounded by fruit and garland borders

Jean Mignon, The Death of Adonis, circa 1542-1547, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jean Mignon
France, active Fontainebleau, 1535-1555
Title
The Death of Adonis
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1542-1547
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (28.26 × 23.81 cm) Image: 11 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (28.26 × 23.81 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.86
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.