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Title page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, Rome

ca. 1661
Not on view
Frontispiece to series of etchings of Cortona's fresco and its stucco framework in the Gallery of Aeneas, Palazzo Pamphili, Rome. Cesi was commissioned to draw and etch the decorations of the Gallery by Prince Camillo Pamphili, who paid him on January 29, 1661.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Title page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, Rome
  • Series/Portfolio: Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio
  • Artist: Carlo Cesi (Italian, Antrodoco ca. 1622–1682 Rieti)
  • Artist: After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Dedicatee: Cardinal Camillo Pamphili
  • Date: ca. 1661
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 in. × 20 15/16 in. (28 × 53.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.4322
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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