Danae

1954

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Engraving, scorper and soft-ground etching
Dimensions: Plate: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 24 1/2 in. × 20 in. (62.2 × 50.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1978.635
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Danae — Stanley William Hayter. 1954.

Medium: Engraving, scorper and soft-ground etching. Dimensions: Plate: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 24 1/2 in. × 20 in. (62.2 × 50.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 1983.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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