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Pietro Aquila, engraver
Italian, 1650 - 1692
Moses striking the rock, after Ciro Ferri, 17th century
Engraving
40.7 x 69.3 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.36843

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after, Ciro Ferri~publisher, Giovanni Jacopo Rossi (Giovanni Iacomo de Rubeis)

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Artist Biography: Painter and printmaker. Probably born in Marsala, 1650, died in Alcama (also in Sicily) 1692. Most of his etchings done in Rome, including suites after Annibale Carracci's paintings for the Palazzo Farnese, the Raphael frescoes in the Vatican Loggie, and work after Pietro da Cortona and Cirro Ferri.~~Reference: LeBlanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris: 1854-59.~