Terms and conditions of use
Cephalus and Aurora
(1674)
plate 9 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
25.3 × 42.3 cm (image) 27.8 × 44.0 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.13 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.: Axe trahit roseo CEPHALVM, TITONE relicto, / Inuitumque AVRORA sinu rapit: ille recusat
printed in ink l.c.: Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cum Priu. S. Pont.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Amplexus; remoratur iter, prœnuncia Solis / Immemor et lucis, fuluique oblita diei.
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.
printed in ink l.r.: 9
Accession Number
P134-1991
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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