View of the Fountain of Egeria near Rome (after Robert Freebairn)
Francis Jukes (Martley 1745 – London 1812)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1796
Materials
Paper
Measurements
430 x 571 mms
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 353614
Summary
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint, A View of the Fountain of Egeria near Rome (after Robert Freebairn) by Francis Jukes (Martley 1745 – London 1812). Arched building with alcoves around water. Two figures at left by fountain, with ruined columns and sculpture lying on ground. Gilt frame, glazed with black and gilt border inscribed with title. Robert Freebairn, Francis Jukes, acquatinta. Inv.MR643. According to the legend, Egeria,a nymph who was an expert in human and divine mysteries, was in love with the second King of Rome, Numa Pompilius, and advised him on religious rites. When the king died, as described by Ovid in the Metamorphoses, Egeria was so overcome by grief that the gods took pity on her weeping and turned her into a spring. The Romans considered Egeria's Fountain to be sacred.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1979 by Marshall Sisson.
Makers and roles
Francis Jukes (Martley 1745 – London 1812), engraver (printmaker) after Robert Freebairn (London 1764 - London 1808), original artist