Terms and conditions of use
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
Measurements
25.9 × 68.2 cm irreg. (image) 29.8 × 69.4 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.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
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