A Medici prince is snatched by Minerva away from Venus and is brought towards Hercules. Engraving by L. Visscher, ca. 1686, after Pietro da Cortona, 1647.

  • Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
Date:
[1686?]
Reference:
2889777i
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Description

The ceiling fresco by Pietro da Cortona and assistants in the Sala di Venere of the Pitti Palace, Florence

Publication/Creation

Romae (ad temp. Pacis) : Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis cu(m) priv. S.Pont, [1686?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 41.8 x 65 cm

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Adolescentiam Pallas a Venere avellit. Radix amara virtutis, fructus suavis. Eques Petrus Berettinus Corton pinx. Florentiae in aedibus seren.i magni Ducis Hetruriae in camera Veneris ; L. Visscher sculpsit. "The root of virtue is bitter, but the fruit is sweet"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2889777i

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