Plate 77 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Elysia beatorum sedes
Maker
(artist)
1615-1700
(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)
1615-1700
(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)
Title
Plate 77 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Elysia beatorum sedes
Date of Production
1693
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.24.77
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
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Inscriptions
Inscription: 980/64(28) //
Inscription: 1 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 5 //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: P. S. BARTOLI //
Inscription: ELYSIA BEATORVM SEDES / Qui caste ac pure vixerunt homines post mortem Elysium colere credebant, ibique felicem, ac sine senecta agere aetatem, agnitisque ijs quos muto dilexerunt, cum ipsis iterum uersari, ac l[a]etari. Qui vero iniuste, ac impie egerunt, in Tartara demergi, ibique perpetuo vexari / 1. Vir ab hac vita in Elysium deductus, cara coniuge agnita, in beata fede [...] in poenam, gugaces aquas frustra ori admouet, bibliturus / In Aedibus Barberinis //
Inscription: 77 //
Inscription: 1 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 5 //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: P. S. BARTOLI //
Inscription: ELYSIA BEATORVM SEDES / Qui caste ac pure vixerunt homines post mortem Elysium colere credebant, ibique felicem, ac sine senecta agere aetatem, agnitisque ijs quos muto dilexerunt, cum ipsis iterum uersari, ac l[a]etari. Qui vero iniuste, ac impie egerunt, in Tartara demergi, ibique perpetuo vexari / 1. Vir ab hac vita in Elysium deductus, cara coniuge agnita, in beata fede [...] in poenam, gugaces aquas frustra ori admouet, bibliturus / In Aedibus Barberinis //
Inscription: 77 //
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