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Cimon and Pero and other figures: P.4122-R-61

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cimon and Pero and other figures

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Bonasone, Giulio (Attributed)
Printmaker: Reverdino, Giorgio (Formerly attributed)

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Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1928) by Whitley, Leonard

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1542

Note

Related to the relief under Rosso Fiorentino's fresco of Cleobis and Biton in the Galerie Francois I at Fontainebleau. Plate attributed to Georges Reverdy/Reverdino in Bartsch. Attributed to Giulio Bonasone in the 1983 exhibition catalogue at Rome, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, no. 5

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1542
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: QVO NON PENETRAT, AVT QVID NON EXCOGITAT PIETAS? QVAE IN CARCERE SERVANDI PATRIS NOVAM RATIONEM /INVENIT
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.4122-R-61
Primary reference Number: 199988
Bartsch: 2 (XV p.487)
Illustrated Bartsch: 2 (487)
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 9 December 2014 Updated: Tuesday 9 December 2014 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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