Pietro Aquila (1650–1692)
“Apollo's Abduction of
Hyacinth; Polyphemus and Galatea” (aka “The Apotheosis of Hyacinthus by Apollo;
Polyphemus and Galatea”; “Hyacinthus ab Apolline in florem conuersus” [plate
title]), c1674, plate 1 from the series, “Galeriae Farnesianae Icones”,
after a detail of the famous fresco paintings in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome by
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), published by Giovanni Giacomo de'
Rossi (aka Jo Jacobus de Rubeis; Giovanni Jacomo de' Rossi)
(1627–1691) in Rome.
Etching with engraving on laid
paper trimmed along (or close to) the platemark, backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 45.3 x 60.5 cm.
Lettered on plate: (upper
centre) “HYACINTHVS ab APOLLINE in florem conversus”;
(lower left) “Annibal Carraccius pinx. in. Ædibus farnesianis”; (lower centre) “Ardet
amans, scopuloque sedens POLYPHEMVS acuto,/ Ad numerum inflatis calamis, dat
sibila cantu;/ Concomitata choro gaudet GALATEA sub antro,/ Et latitans rauci
suspiria ridet amantis.”; (right of lower centre) “Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis
Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cū. Priu. S. Pont.”; (lower right) “1/ Petrus
Aquila delin et sculp.”
State i (of i)
Borea XLII D.5 i/i
The British Museum offers the
following description of this print:
“Plate 1: Scene from the vault
of the Farnese Gallery: Polyphemus and Galatea; Polyphemus seen at centre,
seated in a rock, playing the pipes; Galatea seen to right, approaching in a
carriage carried by dolphins and accompanied by two nymphs; above, the scene of
Hyacinthus and Apollo; surrounding both scenes,
various 'ignudi', putti and other mythological figures; c.1674 Etching with
some engraving”
(https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1896-1118-114-4).
See also the descriptions
offered by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the Wellcome Collection and
the Hamburger Kunsthalle:
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/34360/;
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ht26382e;
Condition: a strong impression
with restored tears, but without significant stains or foxing. The sheet
has been laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.
I am selling this huge etching
translating a section of Carracci’s fresco in the Farnese Gallery into a
composition of line and dot for AU$294 (currently US$215.44/EUR189.95/GBP161.21
at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling
to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed
by some countries.
If you are interested in
purchasing this spectacular masterwork of interpretative printmaking, please
contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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