Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758, Flemish, In Her Love-Darting Eyes Awakes the Fires, between 1735 and 1757
- Title:
- In Her Love-Darting Eyes Awakes the Fires
- Date:
- between 1735 and 1757
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 7/8 × 11 13/16 inches (45.4 × 30 cm), Image: 17 1/16 × 11 13/16 inches (43.4 × 30 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower left: "Jos. Vanhaecken pinx."; lower center, divided into two columns of text, left column: "In her love darting Eyes awakes the Fires | Immortal Gifts! to kindle soft desires. ~ | From limb to limb an air Majestick sheds, | And the pure Ivory o'er her Bosom spreads."; right column: "Such Venus shines when wth a measur'd bound | She smoothly Gliding swims th'Harmonius round | When with the Graces in the Dance she moves, | And Fires the gazing Gods wth arden loves."; lower right: "Alex. Van haecken fc. | Sold by T. Jefferys in the Strand, | and W. Herbert on London Bridge."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14215
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cap | costume | dress | embroidery | equestrian | gesturing | hills | Homer's Odyssey | plants | poem | pointing | portrait | posing | purse | riding habit | shoes | trees | whips (animal equipment) | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38866
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