Chiron Teaching Music to Achilles, 1758

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series Title

Varii capricci, e paesi

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 21.2 x 30.1 cm (8 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)

sheet: 22.7 x 31.2 cm (8 15/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

TIB, Vol. 46, p117, no. 79, State ii/iv

Accession Number

2000.33.1

Artists / Makers

Gaetano Zompini (artist) Italian, 1700 - 1778

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (artist after) Italian, 1609 - 1664

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Antonius M. Zanetti Hier. F. dono dedit, et dicavit; lower center in plate: Eruditiy.mo ac per dilecto Patrueli Anto. M. Zanetti Alex. F.

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Mendez, Christopher

Bibliography

1978: The Illustrated Bartsch. New York, 1978 - .