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Rape of Ganymede by Jupiter; Polyphemus and Acis
(1674)
plate 3 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
40.2 × 57.6 cm irreg. (image) 43.1 × 58.0 cm (plate) 45.9 × 71.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Professor Peter Tomory, 1991
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Borea XLII D.7 i/i
Edition
only state
Printing/Publishing
printed and published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: GANYMEDES in cœlum ab aquila raptus.
printed in ink l.l.: Annibal Carraccius pinx. in Ædibus farnesianis.
printed in ink l.c.: Terga dedit GALATEA fugæ, dedit impiger ACIS / Dum furit insano POLYPHEMVS percitus igne: / Insequitur sæuus, partemque e monte reuellens, / Intulit, et totum scopulo ferus obruit ACIN.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cū Priu. S. Pont.
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.
printed in ink l.r.: 3
Accession Number
P128-1991
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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