Four doves drinking from a bowl of water. Engraving by G.G. Frezza, 1741, after G. Forier.

  • Forier, Gaspar, active approximately 1741.
Date:
1741
Reference:
2267503i
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Description

A painting excavated in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli in 1738 and subsequently in the Capitoline Museums. Around it is a beadwork moulding. Enlarged views of a bead are shown bottom left (side view) and bottom right (end view)

Publication/Creation

1741

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; sheet ca. 36.6 x 38.5 cm

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Mirabilis ibi columba bibens, et aquam umbra capitis infuscans. Apricantur aliae scabentes sese in canthari labro. Plin. lib. XXXVI cap. XXV. Opus vermiculatum inter hadrianae villa rudera in agro Tiburtino repertum mense Aprili MDCCXXXVII ab ill.mo ac rev.mo praesule Josepho Alexandro Furietto. Gaspar Forier delin. Hieronymus Frezza sculp. Romae 1741

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2267503i

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