Perseus turning the followers of Phineus to stone with the head of Medusa. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
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[between 1670 and 1679?]
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11611i
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Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
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Perseus turning the followers of Phineus to stone with the head of Medusa. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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Fineus mente furens connubia caedibus implet Hospitis inuisi: surgit Danaeius Heros. Attollensque manu lethales Gorgonis angues, In silicem versos saxo compescuit hostes. Annibal Carraccius pinx. in aedibus Farnesianis … Petrus Aquila delin et sculp. Bears number: 4

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Wellcome Collection 11611i

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

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