Terms and conditions of use
Perseus and Phineus
(1674)
plate 4 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
32.8 × 54.9 cm irreg. (image) 35.8 × 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
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Borea XLII D.8 i/i
Edition
only state
Printing/Publishing
printed and published by Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Annibal Carraccius pinx. in Ædibus farneſianis
printed in ink l.c.l.: FINEVS mente furens connubia cædibus implet / Hospitis inuisi: surgit Danaeius Heros.
printed in ink l.c.: Io. Iacobus de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cū Priu. S Pont.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Attollensque manu lethales Gorgonis angues, / In silicem versos saxo campescuit hostes.
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.
printed in ink l.r.: 4
Accession Number
P129-1991
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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