Perseus and Andromeda. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
Date:
[between 1670 and 1679?]
Reference:
11609i
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Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
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Centre, Andromeda tied to the rock. Left, Perseus turns the whale into stone by showing it the head of the Gorgon. Right, Cepheus and Cassiopeia lamenting their daughter's ordeal

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] (ad Templ. S. Mariae de Pace) : Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis ... cum priv. S. Pont, [between 1670 and 1679?]

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1 print

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Andromeden duro religatam brachia saxo Vidit Abantiades, fletus, sortisque misertus, Aera conscendit, cetum ferit ense voracem, Mutat et in scopulum Phorcynidos obijce monstri. Annibal Carraccius pinx. in aedibus farnesianis ; Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp. Bears number: 2

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Wellcome Collection 11609i

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  • Copy 1

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  • album of 21 prints (wanting nos. 7 and 18)

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