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Hero and Leander; Hercules and Iole; Pan and Syrinx

Hero and Leander; Hercules and Iole; Pan and Syrinx
 (1674)
plate 10 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674

Medium
etching and engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Professor Peter Tomory, 1991
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
25.9 × 68.2 cm irreg. (image) 29.8 × 69.4 cm (plate) 45.9 × 71.2 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Borea XLII D.14 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.: LEANDER Amore duce, Hellespontum trãsnatans ad HERO.
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.: Molle latus sæuis IOLE tegit aspera villis, / Armauitque manum clavâ domitrice ferarum. / Tymparna Iasciuis caua pulsat cantibus Heros; / Iactat AMOR spolium Nemees, victorque superbit.
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.
printed in ink l.r.: 10 / SYRINGA vim PANOS effugiens, in calamum versa.
Accession Number
P135-1991
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Professor Peter Tomory, 1991
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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