A Medici prince is presented by Hercules and Fortune to Jupiter who rewards him with success in war, beauty, civil power etc. Engraving by J. Blondeau, 1686, after Pietro da Cortona, 1647.

  • Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
Date:
L'anno 1686
Reference:
2889776i
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Description

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

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] (ad templ. Pacis) : Io. Iacobus de Rubei formis cum Privil. S. Pont, L'anno 1686.

Physical description

1 print on two plates : engraving ; platemarks 36.4 x 66.4 and 37 x 66.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Matura aetas Virtute et Fortuna deducentibus Iovi decoranda sistitur. Eques Petrus Berettinus Corton pinx. Florentiae in aedibus seren.i magni Ducis Hetruriae in camera Iovis ; Iac. Blondeau sculp. Virtutem Iuppiter prudens aeque ac iustus praemiis extollit

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2889776i

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Holdings

  • two sheets

Where to find it

  • Matura aetas

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