The folded page of a book with a scene of several paintings and freestanding figures.
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There is a high rectangular frame, covered slightly by a smaller frame at its middle, which sits on top of a vertical frame, behind which the curves of two smaller frames seem to peek out at the bottom. Within the frames nude figures, sometimes with hooved and furred legs or with wings, sit and lounge, sometimes reaching out of their frames or playing instruments. On either side of the frames there are nude figures who stand or sit in various positions. There are two winged figures at the outskirts of the sides of the scene.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21136
People
Pietro Aquila, Italian (1640 - c. 1700)
After Annibale Carracci, Italian (Bologna, Italy 1560 - 1609 Rome, Italy)
Title
Galeriae Farnesianae: Polyphemus and Galatea
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Galeriae Farnesianae
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1674
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257631

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
LeBlanc 32

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edgar Peters Bowron in memory of Anthony M. Clark
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
M21136
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/20/2020 - 07/27/2021

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