Masinissa sends poison to his wife Sophonisba, to reassure the Romans of his loyalty and to save her the humiliation of enslavement. Engraving by J.B. Girardin (Gérardin) after Pietro da Cortona.

  • Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
Date:
[between 1670 and 1679?]
Reference:
2969311i
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Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] (ad temp. Pacis) : Io. Iacob.. de Rubeis form. cu(m) priv. S. P., [between 1670 and 1679?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching : platemark 22.2 x 31.3 cm

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Lettering

Eodem poculo Masinissa fidei in Romanos, libertati Sophonisba litavit. Eques Petrus Berettin(us) Corton. pinx. Floren. in aedib. Seren. magni Ducis Hetrur. in camera Veneris. Gerardin. sculp.

Creator/production credits

Attributed by Weigert (op. cit. p. 559), to Jean-Baptiste Gérardin or Girardin, who was born ca. 1644, was in Italy between 1661 and 1665, and was recorded in Paris in 1673 and 1679

References note

Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des estampes, tome IV, Paris 1961, p. 560, no. 4

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2969311i

Reproduction note

After: a painting by Pietro da Cortona in the Pitti Palace in Florence

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