King Scilurus of Scythia teaches his eighty sons the lesson of strength through unity: individual arrows can easily be broken, but a bundle of arrows together cannot. Etching by J. Basire the elder, 1768, after P. Berrettini, Pietro da Cortona.
- Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
- Date:
- [1768]
- Reference:
- 2839975i
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Publication/Creation
[London] : Ap.d C.R. Edit.m, [1768]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with mezzotint tone, printed in brown ; platemark 39.9 x 34.7 cm
Lettering
Pietro da Cortona del.t ; J. Basire sculp.t 1768
References note
R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, no. 5978, p. 501
A. Griffiths, 'The Rogers collection in the Cottonian Library Plymouth', Print quarterly, vol. 10, 1993, pp. 19-36
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2839975i
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