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Minerva depicted at top with a shield and arrow vanquishing the Giants below, from "Barberinae aulae fornix"

ca. 1677
Not on view
This print is from a series of plates loosely stitched together representing Pietro da Cortona's ceiling frescoes 'Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power' for the salone of Palazzo Barberini, Rome painted 1630-33. The prints are dedicated to Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares and Duke of Sanlucar (1587-1645). The frontispiece bares the name of Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi who published the series.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Minerva depicted at top with a shield and arrow vanquishing the Giants below, from "Barberinae aulae fornix"
  • Series/Portfolio: Barberinae aulae fornix
  • Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
  • Artist: After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Dedicatee: Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares and Duke of Sanlucar (Spanish, 1587–1645)
  • Date: ca. 1677
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 26 5/16 in. (40.3 × 66.8 cm)
    Plate: 10 1/4 × 22 13/16 in. (26 × 58 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.529(6)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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