Plate 1. A procession of male and female figures walking to the right carrying buckets and bags, a man with a buccina at the far left, trees in the background; One of a series of eight prints after the frescoed frieze 'The arrival of the Etruscans in Latium' by Polidoro and Maturino which once decorated Palazzo Gaddi, Rome.
after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio 1495- Messina 1543)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1650 - 1691
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
161 x 450 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.33
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-1213-296-1
Summary
(Folio 10, recto, right print) Plate1. A procession of male and female figures walking to the right carrying buckets and bags, a man with a buccina at the far left, trees in the background. One of a series of eight prints after the frescoed frieze identified as 'The arrival of the Etruscans in Latium' by Polidoro and Maturino which once decorated Palazzo Gaddi, Rome.
Marks and inscriptions
Below the image.: Lettered below the image with dedication and plate number '1'. The dedication reads 'Clarissimo et eruditissimo Viro Io Petro Bellorio ... monumentis ab interitu vindices'. Signed 'Petrus Sancti Bartoli del. et inc.'; at the bottom 'Polydorus Caravagien. inven.' and 'Obsequentissimus tibique addictissimus Io Iacobus de Rubeis'
Makers and roles
after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio 1495- Messina 1543), creator Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700), creator Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, publisher