Chiron the centaur teaching Achilles the arts of magic. Etching by A.M. Zanetti, 1758, after G. Zompini after G.B. Castiglione.

  • Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto, 1609-1664.
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[1786?]
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36070i
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Chiron the centaur teaching Achilles the arts of magic. Etching by A.M. Zanetti, 1758, after G. Zompini after G.B. Castiglione. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Venice] : [A.M. Zanetti], [1786?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; sheet 20.2 x 29.1 cm

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AMZ. BCG. 1758

References note

Bożena Anna Kowalczyk, 'Anton Maria Zanetti the elder and his time', Print quarterly, 2018, XXXV: 98-101

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Wellcome Collection 36070i

Creator/production credits

A.M. Zanetti stated in a letter of 17 May 1763 that he had executed the three prints of Chiron teaching Achilles, of which this is one, "da tre disegni di Gio. Benedetto Castiglione": Kowalczyk, loc. cit., where it is suggested that the prints were made from drawings by Zompini after Castiglione

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