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Léon Davent

165 works

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Red-ink engraving of a seated woman resting her head on her hand beside a well, with a fire and tree behind her.

Psyche

ca. 1542

Engraving of a seated draped woman with an urn among clouds, flanked by a griffin, a dragon and serpentine creatures.

Jupiter's Eagle Bringing the Water to the Styx to Psyche

1540-56

Engraving of a woman holding a vase between an eagle and a winged dragon amid clouds, in a semicircular frame.

Jupiter's Eagle Bringing Water of the Styx to Psyche

1540-56

Engraving of a seated woman in drapery gesturing toward two children on a bed, with a tower and pyramid in the distance.

Seated woman with two children (Virgin with Christ and St John the Baptist?)

1540

Engraving of dancing figures and seated musicians under trees, with a winged cupid aiming a bow overhead.

The Dance

1540-56

Engraving of blindfolded Cupid riding a donkey, led by a satyr, with lions and a trumpeter beside them.

Cupid being led blindfolded on a donkey

1540-56

Engraving of Jupiter with thunderbolt among clouds above a group of reclining mythological figures in a lunette shape.

Jupiter Pressing the Stormclouds

1540-56

Engraving of classical figures tending a garden beside a herm, an arched gateway, a lattice fence and a large tree.

The Garden of Pomona

ca. 1540-45

Oval engraving of a reclining nude woman on a bed with a winged putto and an older woman beside her, framed by columns and cu

Danae

ca. 1542-47

Engraving of mythological figures in a classical interior, a hero holding a torch beside a reclining woman and a bearded man.

Hercules surprising Fanus who mistook him for Omphale

1540-56

Engraving of mythological figures, a nude man at left and draped figures in the center, with a curtain and statue at right.

Hercules dressed as a Woman

1540-56

Etching of the goddess Diana reclining with a stag, a hound, and arrows in a wooded landscape.

Diana Resting

ca. 1542-45

Engraving of nude winged putti playfully wrestling around a reclining figure, with scattered objects on the ground.

Putti playing

1540-56

Engraving of draped figures at a well, a woman offering water from a jar to a man, with other women carrying urns.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a nude woman holding a serpent beside an urn, with draped fabric behind her.

Cleopatra bitten by an Asp

1540-56

Etching of a reclining classical woman with a peacock and draped cloth, cut-away lower edge, signed Bologna.

Juno, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

1540-56

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a curved ledge beside a winged cupid holding a stick, with hatched shading.

Venus, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

1540-56

Engraving of seated Athena in drapery beside a shield and spears, with fine hatched lines modeling folds and armor.

Athena, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1542-45

Engraved print of a reclining nude figure with curly hair resting on a curved ledge draped with cloth, on a hatched backgroun

Polyhymnia, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a draped female figure reclining on a curved ledge, head covered by a hood, with dense hatched shading.

Urania, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a reclining nude woman draped in cloth beside classical architecture, with fine crosshatched lines.

Clio, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1540-45

Euterpe, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a reclining draped female figure beside an architectural niche, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Thalia, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a reclining draped figure with a bearded mask above and a face at the left edge, lined background.

Melpomene, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1540-45

Etching of a Roman sacrifice: draped crowd, a bull led to a flaming altar, and a bearded deity figure behind it.

A Sacrifice, copied from a relief on Trajan's Column, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

1565

Engraving of a reclining draped figure with curly hair beside a stone pedestal, with a curved ledge in the foreground.

Calliope, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a nude nymph seated by a tree, gazing at a heron flying off over a grassy riverbank.

Nymph Watching a Heron Flying Away

ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a reclining draped woman with curled hair leaning on a scrolled frame, rendered in fine parallel hatching.

Terpsichore, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1542-45

Etched print of a reclining classical woman in drapery holding a compass, inside a curved lower frame edge.

Erato, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a Roman-style sacrifice with a bull at an altar, a crowd of robed figures, and classical architecture.

A sacrifice, copied from Trajan's column

ca. 1540-45

Narrow engraving of a kneeling king before a stone altar, flanked by musicians playing trombones, flutes and violin.

A King Kneeling Before an Altar

ca. 1540-45

Engraving of Europa seated on a bull with two women attending, one holding a flower garland, in fine hatched lines.

The Rape of Europa

ca. 1542-45