Avarice being driven from the temple of the Muses by Hercules
after Baldassare Peruzzi (Siena 1481 – Rome 1536)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
c. 1530
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
254 x 182 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.79
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_V-6-67
Summary
(Folio 24, recto, lower right print) Avarice at the right being driven from the temple of the Muses by Hercules who raises a club in his right hand while the Muses look on; a copy after the chiaroscuro woodcut by Ugo da Carpi after Peruzzi (B.XII.133.12).
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
Lower left: Lettered at lower left 'Ant.Lafreri' and artists monogram 'B' on dice at right, in bottom margin eight lines of description 'Quella che'l secol ... batte e scopiglia'..
Makers and roles
after Baldassare Peruzzi (Siena 1481 – Rome 1536), creator Master of the Die (fl. 1530 - 1560), creator