Plate 1: Detail of a wall from the Farnese gallery; in central frame, Polyphemus seated on a rock playing the pipes, Galatea approaching at right, in a carriage carried by dolphins; above, a scene with Hyacinthus and Apollo; each scene surrounded by mythological figures and architectural elements; from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones

Title: Plate 1: Detail of a wall from the Farnese gallery; in central frame, Polyphemus seated on a rock playing the pipes, Galatea approaching at right, in a carriage carried by dolphins; above, a scene with Hyacinthus and Apollo; each scene surrounded by mythological figures and architectural elements; from the Galeriae Farnesianae Icones

Artist: Pietro Aquila (Italian, Marsala, Sicily 1650–1692/1700 Rome)

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

Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)

Date: ca. 1674

Medium: Etching and engraving

Dimensions: Sheet: 17 13/16 × 23 11/16 in. (45.2 × 60.2 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

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

Accession Number: 51.501.3553