Aurora and Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
Date:
[between 1670 and 1679?]
Reference:
11616i
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Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
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Description

Aurora (Eos), the dawn goddess, snatches Cephalus the hunter and forces him away with her in her chariot

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] (ad Templ. S. Mariae de Pace) : Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis ... cum priv. S. Pont, [between 1670 and 1679?]

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1 print

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Axe trahit roseo Cephalum, Titone relicto, Invitumque Aurora sinu rapit: ille recusat Amplexus; remoratur iter, praenuncia Solis Immemor et lucis, fulvique oblita diei. Annibal Carraccius pinx. in aedibus Farnesianis. Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp. Bears number: 9

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Wellcome Collection 11616i

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  • album of 21 prints (wanting nos. 7 and 18)

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    Closed stores

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