Temperance receives a bit in order to control a camel; below, she restrains a unicorn. Engraving by J. Frey, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

  • Domenichino, 1581-1641.
Date:
[1725]
Reference:
3048075i
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About this work

Publication/Creation

[Rome], [1725]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 56.8 x 40.2 cm

Lettering

Temperantia. Parca voluptatum nimios haec temperat usus, Et medium recti sobria calcat iter. Dominichino pinxit in temp.S. Caroli a Caten. ; Io. Iacobus Freij del. et scul. Romae

Notes

One print in a set of four prints of the four cardinal virtues by J. Frey after murals by Domenichino in the church of San Carlo ai Catinari in Rome. One of the prints (Justice) bears the date 1725

References note

Michel Huber, Catalogue raisonné du cabinet d'estampes de feu m. Winckler, Leipzig 1805, vol. 2, pp. 325-326, no. 1505 ("Superbes figures colossales, peintes à fresque dans les angles de l'église de St. Charles de Catenari., Jac Frey del. et sculp. Rom. 1726. de 21 pouces de haut, sur 15 p. de large. Savante gravure à la pointe et au burin. Belles épreuves et rares")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3048075i

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