Artist: Pietro Santi Bartoli. (Italy, 1635 - 1700).
Title: Proserpinae raptus. The rape of Proserpina (complete two-piece set of engravings as issued). Nos. 53-54.
Signed, Titled, Numbered, and annotated in plate: Numbered '53' at lower right. Proserpinae raptus. Pluto ira superis [...] incre pantibus 6 Pallade ac/ &c ut in sequenti. 'Io. Iacob' de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templi Pacis cu Priv S. Pont. 'In Aedibus Mazarinis'. Numbered '54' at lower right. Sequitur Proserpinae raptus. Raptu Proserpinae descensii esse [...] Hinc Proserpine rapt frequens in lapid sepulchral' Ac Diana Veneris Dolo [...] Apanum Fluvium confugiente. Claudian de Raptu and with location details 'In Aedibus Mazarinis.'
Dimensions approx: Image/plate 6 1/2" x 17". Sheet 15" x 19 1/2".
Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi. (Italy, 1627 - 1691).
Edition: Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum (The Wonders of Ancient Rome). Rome.
Date: 1693.
Materials and Techniques: etchings on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Tears to margins. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Series of plates after ancient Roman sculpture (mainly relief sculpture). Nos 53 - 54.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1886,1124.330.42, 1886,1124.330.43
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.