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Axe trahit roseo Cephalum, Titone relicto, Invitumque Aurora sinu rapit: ille recusat Amplexus; remoratur iter, praenuncia Solis Immemor et lucis, fulvique oblita diei.

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Physical Attributes
Technique: Etching
Dimensions: 275 x 427 mm

Production
Artist: Annibale Carracci
Engraver: Aquila P
Published by: Io Iacob de Rubeis, Rome
Date: 1677

Galleries
Miscellaneous: Corsham Folio
Source Book: Galeria Farnesianae

Bibliographic References

Laid paper, laid down on paper. Short tears on left and right. Crease bottom left
Aurora and Cephalus from the Annibale Carracci's monumental fresco cycle "The Loves of the Gods" in the Farnesi Gallery of the Palazzo Farnesi, Rome. Drawn and engraved by Pietro Aquila.




Antique Etching - "Axe trahit roseo Cephalum, Titone relicto, Invitumque Aurora sinu rapit: ille recusat Amplexus; remoratur iter, praenuncia Solis Immemor et lucis, fulvique oblita diei.
" by P Aquila after A Carracci published 1677 by Io Iacob de Rubeis, Rome.