PROSERPINA
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink engraving on paper
Measurements
210 x 105 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.22
Summary
(Folio 6, recto, lower left print) Proserpina carrying flowers in a mantle walking facing right.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
SUV DEA TARTAREI CONVX PROSERPINA
Makers and roles
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator