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Pietro Aquila, printmaker
Italian, 1650 - 1692
Atlantus, after Annibale Carracci from the series Galeriae Farnesianae Icones Romae..., 17th century
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27.6 x 46.3 cm (sheet)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.37165

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after, Annibale Carracci~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.~