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)
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
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
Keywords
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) //
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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