Alpheus and Arethusa, 1770/1780

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Medium

etching and engraving on heavy laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 38 x 47.6 cm (14 15/16 x 18 3/4 in.)

sheet: 40.4 x 48.9 cm (15 7/8 x 19 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

De Vesme 1906, no. 6

Accession Number

1992.15.1

Artists / Makers

Jacopo Guarana (artist) Italian, 1720 - 1808

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom in plate: Guarana inv. et inc. Nettun ferito d'amoroso telo Insidia ad Aretusa il piu bel fiore: Venetiis cum privilegio Excellentifs: Senactus Gint ia pietosa d'un onesto core, La volge in nube e la trasporta in cielo.

Bibliography

1906: Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.