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Perseus and Andromeda

Perseus and Andromeda
(1674)
plate 2 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674

Medium
etching and engraving

Measurements
32.6 × 54.9 cm irreg. (image) 35.9 × 55.5 cm (plate) 45.9 × 71.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Professor Peter Tomory, 1991

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Borea XLII D.6 i/i

Edition
only state

Printing/Publishing
printed and published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Annibal Carraccius pinx. in Ædibus Farnesianis
printed in ink l.c.l.: ANDROMEDEN duro religatam brachia saxo / Vidit ABANTIADES, fletus, sortisque misertus,
printed in ink l.c.: Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Temp. S. Mariæ de Pace cū Priu. S. Pont.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Aera conscendit, cetum ferit ense voracem, / Mutat et in scopulum Phorcynidos obijce monstri.
printed in ink l.r.: 2
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.

Accession Number
P127-1991

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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