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Plate 55 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Proserpina Nova Nupta/Cereris Luctus

Maker

(artist)
1615-1700



(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)

Title

Plate 55 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Proserpina Nova Nupta/Cereris Luctus

Date of Production

1693

Medium

etching on plate

Dimensions

Height: 16.4 cm
Height: 31.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.24.55

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: 4 / 2 / 1 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 3 //

Inscription: PROSERPINA NOVA NVPTA/ 1 SEDET PROSERPINA REIECTO FLAMMEO AC VERECVNDIA DETECTA MA / NV TENET AVREVM POMVM PRAEDIVITIS ARBORIS SIBI DICATAE 2 PARCA / BLANDITIIS EIVS DOLORES LEVAT 3 ELISII PVERI FLORES ET POMA FE / RVNT 4 MERCVRIVS SOMNIFER ADSTAT CVM PAPAVERIBVS. //

Inscription: CERERIS LVCTVS / BACCHATVR 5 CERES DOLORE ACTA 6 ARETHVSA AD CVIVS PEDES VRNA RAPTOREM PRODIT IPSA[M] SOLATVRVNDE. / Vnde / 7 Orbe pererrato curru Dea fertilis auras. Exit in aethereas magnumaq.[ue] adit aegra Tonantem. / Io. Iacob.[us] de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templu[m] Pacis cu[m] Priu. S. Pont. / Claudianns et Ovid. met. l.5 fact. l 4. / In Hortis Burghesijs. //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: P. S. BARTOLI //

Inscription: 980/57(14) //

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