Alpheus and Arethusa

1770/1780

Jacopo Guarana

Artist, Italian, 1720 - 1808

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on heavy laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1992.15.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme 1906, no. 6

Artwork history & notes

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.

Inscriptions

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.

Wikidata ID

Q75118179

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