The Hesperides Bringing the First Oranges to Italy
after Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 – Bologna 1642)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
c. 1640
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
300 x 205 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.5.82
Caption
copy in Museum of Fine Arts Ghent https://www.mskgent.be/en/collection/2015-bl
Summary
(Folio 28, recto, lower print). The Hesperides Bringing the First Oranges to Italy, The plates in the book were engraved by Greuter (3) and Cornelis Bloemaert, and designed by many of the leading Roman painters of the day.
Makers and roles
after Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 – Bologna 1642), creator Johann Friedrich Greuter (1590-1662) , creator