The Farnese Apollo, called 'Hermaphroditus'
1552
Engraver
Publisher, Italian, 1512 - 1577
Italian 16th Century, published by Antonio Lafreri
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 32.6 × 22.4 cm (12 13/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2012.46.1.35
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Catalogue Raisonné
Rubach, no. 320, state i/iii
Associated Artworks
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence)
Antonio Lafreri, Antonio Salamanca, Tommaso Barlacchi, Giacomo Lauro, Étienne Dupérac, Vincenzo Luchino, Jacob Bos, Bartolomeo Faleti, Nicolas Beatrizet, Pedro Perret, Enea Vico, Ferrando Bertelli, Marco Dente, Monogrammist HCB
1544
The Statue of Pasquino
Italian 16th Century
1544
The Statue of Mars, called 'Pyrrhus'
Jacob Bos, Antonio Salamanca
1562
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Weingarten Monastery, Swabia, 1632 (title page inscription in the NGA "Speculum"). Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame du Val-Dieu, Belgium (bookplate: Ex libris Vallis Dei). English export license recording the sale of this volume in 1974 by E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd., London; Daniel Donahue, Santa Barbara, CA; (Liber Antiquus, Washington, D.C.); purchased 2012 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1921
Huelsen, Christian. "Das Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae des Antonio Lafreri." Collectanea variae doctrinae Leoni Olschki. Munich: 1921: no. 56.
2016
Rubach, Birte. Ant. Lafreri Formis Romae: Der Verleger Antonio Lafreri und seine Druckgraphikproduktion. Berlin, 2016.
Inscriptions
Lettered LC: "Hermaphroditi statua ex basalte duritatis colorique ferrei Romae in pallatio Farnesiano collocata. Ant. Lafrerii Formis Romae MDLII"
Wikidata ID
Q77259629