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Allegory with the symbols of Temperance; including a unicorn at bottom right and Publius Scipio Africanus above, plate 9 from "Barberinae aulae fornix", after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona on the ceiling of the salone of the Palazzo Barberini, Rome

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian
ca. 1677
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  • Title: Allegory with the symbols of Temperance; including a unicorn at bottom right and Publius Scipio Africanus above, plate 9 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): 14 9/16 × 11 7/16 in. (37 × 29 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.4346
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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