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François Spierre, after Pietro da Cortona, Crispus fleeing Fausta

Photo courtesy of Tom St Aubyn (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
Petworth House
Title(s)
Crispus fleeing Fausta
Date
c.1677
Medium and support
Etching and engraving
Artists
François Spierre, after Pietro da Cortona
Catalogue Number
PT200

Description

After the lunette in the Sala di Venere of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, from Heroicae virtutis imagines. Published in Rome

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