Hero and Leander
Price: €880,00
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Catalog: A
Code: A121
Author:
Aquila Pietro (1630 - 1692)
Subject:
Mythology
Technique:
Etching
Size:
mm 1015x630 (est. cornice) mm 685x300 (battuta)
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.
