Hercules bearing the globe
(1670-1692)
plate 3 from the Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1670–92

Pietro AQUILA

Annibale CARRACCI (after)

Medium: etching and engraving
Measurements: 25.1 × 45.6 cm (image) (oval) 27.9 × 47.0 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 45.8 × 71.0 cm (backing sheet)
Place/s of Execution: Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné: Borea XXVIII B.3 ii/ii
Edition: 2nd of 2 states
Printing/Publishing: printed and published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome
Inscription: printed in ink l.l.: Annibal Carraccius pinxit in Ædibus Farneſianis
printed in ink l.l.: Petrus Aquila delineauit et sculp.
printed in ink l.c.: Io. Iocobus de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Templum S. Mariæ de Pace cum priu. S. Pontificis
printed in ink l.c.l.: Fortis Atlantæos humeris subijſse labores / Dicitur ALCIDES sustinuiſse polum.
printed in ink l.c.: Sol novus, occiduusque suâ ceruice pependit, / e̛t cœli longas aſtra obiere vias.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Pondera fert mundi Sapiens, dominabitur astris, / Ille suæ vitæ, qui bene fulcit onus.
printed in ink l.r.: 3
Accession Number: P110.3-1991
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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