Bellerophon fights the Chimaera
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Item data
Title
Bellerophon fights the Chimaera
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Mythology -- B-C
Names
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1865
Date Created: 1733 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Horses
Monsters
Fighting
Supernatural beings
Mythology, Greek
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Animals, Mythical
Bellerophon (Greek mythology)
Chimera (Greek mythology)
Genres
Notes
Source Note: From Astra Castra : experiments and adventures in the atmosphere. Chapman and Hall, 1865) Turnor, Hatton, Author.
Physical Description
Photolithographs
Extent: 25.3 x 16.2 cm
Planographic print produced by photographically transferring a copy of Picart's ca. 1733 engraving to a zinc plate and printing by standard lithographic means.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a4294d20-c5be-012f-8eae-58d385a7bc34
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1865
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bellerophon fights the Chimaera" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1865. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4294d20-c5be-012f-8eae-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1865). Bellerophon fights the Chimaera Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4294d20-c5be-012f-8eae-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bellerophon fights the Chimaera" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4294d20-c5be-012f-8eae-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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