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Men climbing up the side of a ship and attacking soldiers, a river god seated on the shore and a child with a she-wolf at right, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian
1650–91
Not on view
One of eight prints by Bartoli after a fresco by Polidoro da Caravagio and Maturino da Firenze in the Palazzo Gaddi, Rome. The print series was dedicated to Giovanni Pietro Bellori.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Men climbing up the side of a ship and attacking soldiers, a river god seated on the shore and a child with a she-wolf at right, after Polidoro da Caravaggio
  • Series/Portfolio: The arrival of the Etruscans in Latium
  • Artist: Pietro Santi Bartoli (Italian, Perugia 1615–1700 Rome)
  • Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Date: 1650–91
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 18 1/8 in. (16.3 × 46 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.855
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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