Terms and conditions of use
Virgin with the unicorn and surrounding wall decoration
(1674)
plate 18 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
61.0 × 32.4 cm irreg. (image) 64.3 × 32.9 cm (plate) 71.4 × 46.0 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.22 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.: SCALA PALMORVM DECEM. / (horizontal scale with numbers 1-10) / TABVLA · III · / Porta, quæ ab atrij xysto in mediâ porticu patet. / Virgo, quæ Vnicornum amplectitur, insigne est Farnesianæ familiæ, cum epigraphe: VIRTVS SECVRITATEM PARIT. / Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cū Priu. S. Pontif.
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.
printed in ink l.r.: 18
Accession Number
P143-1991
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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