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| Carlo Cesio after Pietro da Cortona Galleria dipinto nel Palazzo del Principe Panfilio (Cerberus at left - Aeneas with the Cumaean Sibyl at right) ca. 1661 engraving British Museum |
"One of eight plates from a rejected set of plates after the frescoes on the history of Aeneas painted by Pietro da Cortona on the ceiling of the Galleria of the Palazzo Pamphili in Piazza Navona [in Rome] in 1651-54. The plates were commissioned directly from Cesio (a pupil of Cortona) by Prince Camillo Pamphili, and a payment was made to him on 29 January 1661. . . . A set of 16 plates was later published by the Rossi. The eight plates in the British Museum, however, are not the same as this edition, as all are in reverse to the frescoes, whereas the Rossi version shows the plates in the correct same direction as on the ceiling. Although very similar indeed to the published edition, the lettering on this dedication plate [directly above] which is in the correct direction and differently laid out, proves that we are not dealing with counterproofs, but with a second set of plates. . . . The British Museum set is roughly printed on proofing paper. Since the set was commissioned by Prince Pamphili, it seems likely that he had objected to the plates being in the wrong direction, and forced Cesio to remake them the other way round."
– curator's notes from the British Museum
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| Carlo Cesio after Pietro da Cortona Galleria dipinto nel Palazzo del Principe Panfilio (Cybele and Ceres at left - Castor and Pollux at right) ca. 1661 engraving British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio after Pietro da Cortona Galleria dipinto nel Palazzo del Principe Panfilio (Pair of male and female Ignudi, in border) ca. 1661 engraving British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio after Pietro da Cortona Galleria dipinto nel Palazzo del Principe Panfilio (Pair of male and female Ignudi, in border) ca. 1661 engraving British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio after Pietro da Cortona Galleria dipinto nel Palazzo del Principe Panfilio (Pair of male and female Ignudi, in border) ca. 1661 engraving British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio after Pietro da Cortona Galleria dipinto nel Palazzo del Principe Panfilio (Pair of male and female Ignudi, in border) ca. 1661 engraving British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio after Pietro da Cortona Galleria dipinto nel Palazzo del Principe Panfilio (Aeneas following two Doves, in roundel) ca. 1661 engraving British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio after Pietro da Cortona Galleria dipinto nel Palazzo del Principe Panfilio (Archers shooting a Dove, in roundel) ca. 1661 engraving British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio after Annibale Carracci Ornamental Nudes (after fresco in Galleria Farnese, Rome) ca. 1657 engraving Harvard Art Museums |
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| Carlo Cesio after Annibale Carracci Poet Arion with Lyre riding on a Dolphin (after fresco in Galleria Farnese, Rome) ca. 1657 etching British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio after Annibale Carracci Personification of Fortitude (after fresco in Galleria Farnese, Rome) ca. 1657 etching British Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio Adoration of the Shepherds (study for engraving) ca. 1640 drawing Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Carlo Cesio Académie ca. 1645-70 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Carlo Cesio Académie ca. 1645-70 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |