Saturn
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink on paper
Measurements
210 x 112 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.8
Summary
(Folio 3, recto, upper right print) Saturn in a niche devouring his son, standing before a scythe from Mythological Gods and Goddesses.
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
Bottom right: Si Siampa da gio Latta de Raffi nilanefe Prazza// Nanona Roma// Ant sal exe DIVORVM GENITOR SVMMI STAURNVS OLYMPI
Makers and roles
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator