The Young Centaur from Hadrian's Villa facing left.
Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1659/71 - c.1741)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1739
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
485 x 323 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.10.130
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1869-0410-1325
Summary
(Folio 55, recto) The Young Centaur from Hadrian's Villa facing left.
Marks and inscriptions
Lower margin: Lettered in lower margin three lines of description 'Centaurus e marmore aegyptio inter hadrianae villae rudera ... Josepho Alexandro Furietto' and 'Pompeus Battoni delin Hieronymus Frezza scul Romae 1739.'
Makers and roles
Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1659/71 - c.1741) , engraver (printmaker) Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Lucca 1708 – Rome 1787), creator