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Plate 16: Two roundels illustrating Orpheus and Eurydice in the underworld and the Rape of Europa 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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Scenes from Metamorphoses (10:11–63 & 2:836–875)

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Title: Plate 16: Two roundels illustrating Orpheus and Eurydice in the underworld and the Rape of Europa 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: 10 3/8 × 21 1/8 in. (26.4 × 53.6 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

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

Accession Number: 51.501.3527

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