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Wall decoration scheme

Maker

(artist)
1607-1661

(draughtsman)
1721-after 1789 (Life dates)

(etcher)
1690-1770

Title

Wall decoration scheme

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 64.3 cm (Plate)
Width: 40.5 cm (Plate)

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.893.2

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

Keywords




Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: bottom centre, within the image, black ink: “I poeti, i filosofi e gli oratori piú illustri maltrattati, e dal monte Parnaso // precipitate giú da Satiri, e dall’Arpie, simboleggianti i secoli barbari, e Saffo poetessa // flagellata da una Furia, si rifugiano nella casa del Magnifico Lorenzo // padre, e mecante di letterati, nella quale entra il primo Omero, seguito da tutti gli altri.”; lower left edge, black ink: “Gio: da San Giovanni dip”; lower centre edge, black ink: “Gio: Elia Morghen disegnó”; lower right edge, black ink: “Gio: Gottfr: Seuter inc”.

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