Hero and Leander

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Author: 
Aquila Pietro (1630 - 1692)
Subject: 
Mythology
Technique: 
Etching
Size: 
mm 1015x630 (est. cornice) mm 685x300 (battuta)
Catalog: A
Code: A121

Aquila Pietro (Marsala 1630 - Alcamo 1692)

 

Hero and Leander

 

LEANDER Amore duce Hellespontum trasnatans ad HERO

Molle latus soerius IOLE tegit aspera villis,

Armauitque manum elaua domitrice ferarum.

Tympana lasciuis caua pulsat cantibus Heros;

Iactat AMOR spolium Nemees, victorque superbit.

SYRINGA vim PANOS effugiens, in calamum versa.

 

Annibal Carraccius in Aedibus Farnesianis

Io.Iacob de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templ. S. Mariae de Pace cu Priv. S. Pont.

Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp."

 

Big original etching, based on the paintings by Annibale Carracci, on the Galleria Farnese in Rome.

Engraved by Pietro Aquila.

Very good preservation status. Soft folding mark in the middle.

Assembled in a beautiful craftmade frame, with passepartout.



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