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Cornelius Bloemaert, after Pietro da Cortona, Scipio Africanus enthroned pointing towards a kneeling woman

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Details

Country House
Petworth House
Title(s)
Scipio Africanus enthroned pointing towards a kneeling woman
Date
c.1677
Medium and support
Etching and engraving
Artists
Cornelius Bloemaert, after Pietro da Cortona
Catalogue Number
PT59

Description

After Pietro da Cortona's lunette in the Sala di Venere of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. From Heroicae virtutis imagines. Published in Rome

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