Terms and conditions of use
The birth and infancy of Achilles
(c. 1648-1650)
Medium
etching
Measurements
26.6 × 41.6 cm (image) 28.2 × 41.8 cm (plate) 30.1 × 43.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 21 ii/iv; Bellini 36 ii/iv; Cropper 118
Edition
2nd of 4 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Arnold Van Westerhout, Rome
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Arnoldus Van Westerhout Exculdit Romæ Sup.perm.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: P. Testa fecit.
Accession Number
850-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Achilles (Greek character) children (people by age group) infants nudes (representations) Story of Achilles (Greek narratives) Thetis (Greek character) women (female humans)
Movements
Baroque