Male and female figures standing in front of a cityscape with elephants in the background at right, from prints depicting the façade of the Palazzo Milesi

After Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi Italian

1650–1700

Not on view

Copy by Venturini of a print by Galestruzzi after the frescoed facade of the Palazzo Milesi, Rome, by Polidoro da Caravaggio.

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Title: Male and female figures standing in front of a cityscape with elephants in the background at right, from prints depicting the façade of the Palazzo Milesi
Series/Portfolio: Series depicting the facade of the Palazzo Milesi
Artist: Giovanni Francesco Venturini (Italian, active ca. 1650–1700)
Artist: After Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (Italian, Florence, 1615 or 1618–after 1669)
Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
Date: 1650–1700
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (15.1 × 15.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.700
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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