Italy: two men try to kill a snake with a boulder; a woman flees from it, but her dog wants to look at it. Etching by M. Ricci.

  • Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729.
Date:
[1730]
Reference:
2925079i
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Description

In the background, an Italian village at the edge of a lake or the sea, with mountains beyond, presumably based on the Veneto

Publication/Creation

[Venice] : [Carlo Orsolini], [1730]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemarks 24.8 x 35.3 cm (etching) and 2.9 x 34.2 cm (lettering)

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Ill.mo et reveren:mo viro patricio veneto Francesco Trevisano episcopo veronensi reipublicae litterariae benemerito in obsequii argumentum Carolus Orsolini D.D.D. MDCCXXX. Mar. Ricci in. et fec. MR

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Wellcome Collection 2925079i

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