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Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne
(1674)
plate 12 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
38.6 × 69.7 cm (image) 40.5 × 69.8 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.17 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.: Baccharitum thyasis ibat comitatus IACCHVS / Victor ab Eoo rediens, Oriente subacto;
printed in ink l.c.: Desertam Theseo complexus littore GNOSSIN / Coniugio iunxit sociam, currusque, triumphique.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cū Priu. S. Pont.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Vt semper niteat, sponsæ de fronte coronam / Sumpsit, et æthereis fulgentibus intulit astris.
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.
printed in ink l.r.: 12
Accession Number
P137-1991
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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