Amphion and Zethus Tying Dirce to a Wild Bull

1581

Diana Scultori

Artist, Italian, c.1547 - 1612

Claudio Duchetti

Publisher, French, active in Italy, died 1585

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.01 × 27.62 cm (15 3/4 × 10 7/8 in.), trimmed within platemark

  • Accession

    2022.63.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Pietro Malenza, Verona [died 1866] (Lugt 2101), 1852. (C. G. Boerner LLC, NY); purchased 2021 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 37

1991

  • Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Adamo e Diana Scultori, Milan, 1991: no. 51, i/iii.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: DIANA MANTVA IN / CIDEBAT ROMAE 1581; lower center in plate: INGENEM. DIRCEM QVAM SPECTAS MARMORE AB VNO / SCVLPSIT TAVRISIVS QVONDAM ET APOLLONIVS / DEINDE ADVECTA RHODO EST ET PRIMV CODITA IN AEDE / POLLIO QVAM ROMAE STVXERAT ASINVS / THERMARVM INDE ATNONI INTER MONVMETA REPOSTA / AT NVNC FARNESI PATRIS IN AEDE SITA EST; lower center in plate: Claudii Duchetti formis; by later hand in graphite, upper left verso: vue Cab. Cicognara / N. 1302; by later hand in graphite, lower left verso: Pr Epreuve magnifique / 100 francs / Première Epreuve / very rare / L 3.10.0 / Le Taureau Farnese / Bartsch XV. No 37

Markings

Dr. Pietro Malenza, Verona [died 1866] (Lugt 2101)

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