Goatherds with their goats by a grotto in a rocky landscape near the site of Horace's villa, preparing a meal. Etching and engraving by B.A. Dunker and G. Eichler after J. Ph. Hackert, 1780.

  • Hackert, Philipp, 1737-1807.
Date:
[between 1780 and 1789]
Reference:
2922562i
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Publication/Creation

[A Rome (Place d'Espagne)] : [chez George Hackert, graveur], [between 1780 and 1789]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 37.7 x 45.7 cm

Lettering

Vue de la grotte des chèvres près de Fonte Bello. Impune tutum per nemus arbutos Quaerunt latentis et thyma deviae Olentis uxores mariti. Hor. Od: XVII lib: I. Peint à gouache par J. Ph. Hackert 1780. Gravé à l'eau forte par B.A. Dunker et terminé par Eichler. Bears number: No. IX

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2922562i

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