Amphion and Zetus Tying Dirce to the Horns of a Bull
Amphion and Zetus Tying Dirce to the Horns of a Bull

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Amphion and Zetus Tying Dirce to the Horns of a Bull,

1581

Diana Mantuana, Italian, ca. 1547–1612
Published by Claude Duchet, French, died 1585
x1985-103

Information

Title
Amphion and Zetus Tying Dirce to the Horns of a Bull
Dates

1581

Maker
Diana Mantuana
Published by Claude Duchet
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 39.7 x 27.3 cm (15 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.) sheet: 52.2 x 36.4 cm (20 9/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of D. Lesley Hill and Alan N. Stone
Object Number
x1985-103
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Rome

Inscription
Signed in plate, lower left corner: DIANA MANTVANA IN / CIDEBAT ROMAE, 1581. Six lines of Latin in three columns inscribed in plate below image, lower center: INGENTEM DIRCEM QUAM SPECTAS MARMORE AB VNO … AT NVNCFARNESI PATRIS IN AEDE SITA EST Printed below Latin, center: Claudu Duchetti formis Titled in Latin in faded ink below plate mark, lower center to right: Plixius Lib. 36 Cap. V. [rest illegible] Inscribed in graphite along lower edge, center: [illegible]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: six-pointed star and letter "m" in an estucheon [similar to Briquet 8390 and Massari 145a]
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 447.37; Bellini 51
Culture
Italian, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
boys, deaths, men, figures (representations), Greek mythology, bulls

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