Human Knowledge assisted by Chastity, Piety, and Divine Love as they triumph over Earthly Love; from "Barberinae aulae fornix", after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona on the ceiling of the salone of the Palazzo Barberini, Rome

after Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian

ca. 1677

Not on view

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Title: Human Knowledge assisted by Chastity, Piety, and Divine Love as they triumph over Earthly Love; from "Barberinae aulae fornix", after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona on the ceiling of the salone of the Palazzo Barberini, Rome
Series/Portfolio: Barberinae aulae fornix
Artist: after Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)
Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
Published in: Rome
Date: ca. 1677
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 11 in. × 24 3/8 in. (28 × 61.9 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.5067
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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