print
- Museum number
- 1865,1111.217
- Title
- Series: Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi Cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis
- Description
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Details from the decoration of the Camerino Farnese; on the left is a large irregular shaped frieze with three putti clambering over floral scrollwork surrounding an oval frame showing the figure of Constance; to the right are four separate friezes, one large oval showing a full-length female figure holding a shield; and three smaller, circular medallions showing the labours of Hercules, including Hercules wrestling Antaeus and the Nemean lion, and killing the Hydra; after Annibale Carracci, c.1680
Etching with some engraving
- Production date
- 1670-1692
- Dimensions
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Height: 281 millimetres
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Width: 394 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One plate of the series, after the fresco by Carracci executed for the Camerino Farnese; See Evelina Borea and others, 'Annibale Carracci e i suoi incisori', École française de Rome, 1986, p.74 and foll.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,1111.217