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La Pellegrina

Stage decoration: 3rd Intermedium: Apollo fights the dragon
Lost Art-ID
617520
Artist / Creator
Carracci, Annibale
Birth
(vor)1560.11.03, Bologna
Death
1609.07.15, Rom
Place of activity
Parma; Venedig; Bologna; Rom
Artist / Creator
Buontalenti, Bernardo
Birth
(um) 1523, Florenz
Death
1608.06.06, Florenz
Place of activity
Florenz; Pisa
Title
La Pellegrina
Additional title
Stage decoration: 3rd Intermedium: Apollo fights the dragon
Dating
1589
Object type
Print
Group of reported objects
Graphic
Material / Technique
Paper / printed (copper engraving) ; printed (etching)
Height
24.10 cm
Width
34.40 cm
Inventory number
IV 3718
Description

Forest clearing, in the centre of the stage the dragon Python with clawed paws, outstretched wings, wild head and snake-like tail. Apollo with sword descending from the stage sky.

Inscription: filippo suchiellisor siena / Carracius fe.

Reverse: [in pencil below right:] SC [below:] Carraccio Aug. [next to it:] GSs [below:] B. 122 [in pencil below left:] B. 22

Provenance

[...] - 1937: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).

04.05.1937: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.

Literature / Source
Zugangsinventarbuch, Zugangsnummer 1937/106
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