Andromeda, Agostino Carracci, c. 1590 - c. 1595

Title(s)

Andromeda
Lascivie (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-35.669

Catalogue reference

• DeGrazia Bohlin 180*
• The Illustrated Bartsch 200
• Bartsch 126

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Andromeda of Hesione zit op een rots bij zee, als offer aan een zeemonster.

Artist

• print maker: Agostino Carracci

Place

Italy

Dating

c. 1590 - c. 1595

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 142 mm × width 102 mm

What

• Andromeda chained to the rock
• Hesione chained to the rock
• monsters of the sea

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family : a catalogue raisonné, p. 294, cat.nr. 180*
• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 39 commentary 1, p. 322, cat.nr. 200
• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 39, p. 168, cat.nr. 126
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 18, p. 108, cat.nr. 126