Allegory with symbols of Temperance, with a unicorn and Publius Scipio Africanus; after Pietro da Cortona's frescoes on the ceiling of the salone of Palazzo Barberini

After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian

ca. 1677

Not on view

Probably extracted from a copy of Girolamo Teti's, 'Aedes Barberinae ad Quirinalem a comite Hieronymo Tetio Perusino descriptae'.

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Title: Allegory with symbols of Temperance, with a unicorn and Publius Scipio Africanus; after Pietro da Cortona's frescoes on the ceiling of the salone of Palazzo Barberini
Artist: After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)
Date: ca. 1677
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 9/16 × 12 5/16 in. (42.1 × 31.3 cm)
Plate: 13 3/16 × 10 15/16 in. (33.5 × 27.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harry Shaw Newman, 1941
Object Number: 41.97.437
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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