Terms and conditions of use
A woman borne off by a sea god
(1674)
plate 6 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
25.2 × 42.5 cm (image) 27.1 × 44.1 cm (plate) 45.8 × 71.0 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.10 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.: Semifero Tritone VENVS Dea vecta per altum, / Aequoreos mulcet fluctus, et numina ponti,
printed in ink l.c.: Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cū Priu. S. Pont.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Insequitur CHARITVM, sequitur comitatus MORVM: / It chorus, et pueri iaculantur spicula flammas.
printed in ink l.r: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.
printed in ink l.r.: 6
Accession Number
P131-1991
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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