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Polyphemus and Galatea

Maker

After
(artist)
1560-1609

(engraver)
died 1692

(publisher)
1627-1691

Title

Polyphemus and Galatea

Date of Production

(c.) 1674

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 45.1 cm
Width: 59.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7303.2

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: HYACINTHVS ab APOLLINE in floreni conversus. //

Inscription: Annibal Carraccius pinx. in AEdibus farnesianis. //

Inscription: Ardet amans, scopuloque sedens POLYPHEMVS acuto, / Ad numerum inflatis calamis, dat sibila cantu; / Concomitata choro gaudet GALATEA sub antro, / Et latitans rauci suspiria ridet amantis. //

Inscription: 1 / Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templ. S. Mariae de Pace cu Priu S. Pont. Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp. //

Inscription: An. CARRACCI / Palazzo Farnese / Rome //

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