Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti: symbolising the element air. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

  • Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.
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1695
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Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti: symbolising the element air. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris : Dans le Gallerie du Louvre, avec privilege du Roy, 1695.

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1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 63.1 x 58.8 cm

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Element de l'air 2. Dedié a Louis le grand Roy de France et de Navarre. ... peint par Francesco Albani, dessin et gravé par Estienne Baudet ... .

References note

Roger-Armand Weigert et al., Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome I, Paris 1939, pp. 293-294, Etienne Baudet no. 37 in set of four nos. 37-40 ("37-40. Les quatre Eléments. Pièces ovales centrées d'un cart. aux armes de France et de Navarre sur un fond rectang. Sur la bordure de l'ovale: 'peint par Francesio Albani — Dessigné et graué par Estienne Baudet — Ce vend à Paris aux Galleries du Louvre 1695. Auec priuilege du Roy'. e. m., dédicace à Louis XIV et explication de chaque sujet. Dim. prises du coup de pl. H. 0m635 x L. 0m595. L'air. — L'eau. — Le feu. — La terre. Les 4 pièces …. Peint, de l'Albane à la Pinacothèque de Turin.")

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