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Plate 29: Three male nudes in profile, holding their arms over their heads; from the 'Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma ... dipinta da Annibale Caracci'

Carlo Cesi Italian
after Annibale Carracci Italian
Publisher François Collignon French

1657

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Bartsch assigned the numbers 59, 62, and 63 to three images that were etched as a triptych on one plate.

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Title: Plate 29: Three male nudes in profile, holding their arms over their heads; from the 'Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma ... dipinta da Annibale Caracci'

Artist: Carlo Cesi (Italian, Antrodoco ca. 1622–1682 Rieti)

Artist: after Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)

Publisher: François Collignon (French, Nancy ca. 1610–1687 Rome)

Date: 1657

Medium: Etching

Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 17 15/16 in. (24.2 × 45.5 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Accession Number: 51.501.3550

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Title page to the 'Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma ... dipinta da Annibale Caracci'

Dedication to Cardinal Ottoboni from the 'Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma ... dipinta da Annibale Caracci'

Plate 25: Hercules in the garden of Hesperides, fighting the serpent Ladon with a club; from the 'Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma ... dipinta da Annibale Caracci'

Plate 25 [ter]: Diana, seated on a rock, pointing toward the pregnant nymph Callisto; from the 'Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma ... dipinta da Annibale Caracci'

Plate 24 [ter]: Arion carried to safety on a dolphin; from the 'Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma ... dipinta da Annibale Caracci'

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