King Masinissa seated at left pointing toward Sophonisba at far right, in the foreground is a figure seen from behind, carrying a vase, from "Heroicae Virtutis Imagines", after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Venere of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Title: King Masinissa seated at left pointing toward Sophonisba at far right, in the foreground is a figure seen from behind, carrying a vase, from "Heroicae Virtutis Imagines", after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Venere of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Series/Portfolio: Heroicae Virtutis Imagines

Artist: Jean Gerardin (French, active ca. 1675–80)

Artist: After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)

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

Date: ca. 1677

Medium: Engraving and etching

Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 8 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (22.5 × 31.5 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

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

Object Number: 51.501.4372