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Perseus and Andromeda

Perseus and Andromeda
(1674)
plate 2 from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones series, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome 1674

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
32.6 × 54.9 cm irreg. (image) 35.9 × 55.5 cm (plate) 45.9 × 71.3 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Borea XLII D.6 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.: ANDROMEDEN duro religatam brachia saxo / Vidit ABANTIADES, fletus, sortisque misertus,
printed in ink l.c.: Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romæ ad Temp. S. Mariæ de Pace cū Priu. S. Pont.
printed in ink l.c.r.: Aera conscendit, cetum ferit ense voracem, / Mutat et in scopulum Phorcynidos obijce monstri.
printed in ink l.r.: 2
printed in ink l.r.: Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp.
Accession Number
P127-1991
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