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"Terga dedit Galatea fugae, dedit impiger Acis - Dum furitinsano Polyphemus percitus igneÉ" This copper etching after the wall fresco painted by Annibale Carracci in the Galleria Farnese in Rome is not signed by an engraver. It was executed ca. 1750 and published as plate nr. 5 in an album about the wall frescos by Carracci (1560-1609) in the Villa Farnese. Cyclope Polyphemis, who was the lover of Galatea was enraged when he found out that Galatea had another lover: Acis. He picked up a rock and threw it

Ancient World, Mythology, Galatea, Acis, Ganymed, Carracci

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"Terga dedit Galatea fugae, dedit impiger Acis - Dum furitinsano Polyphemus percitus igne"
"Insequitur saevus partemque e monte reuellens, Intulit, et totum scopulo ferus obruit Acin."

This copper etching after the wall fresco painted by Annibale Carracci in the Galleria Farnese in Rome is not signed by an engraver. It was executed ca. 1750 and published as plate nr. 5 in an album about the wall frescos by Carracci (1560-1609) in the Villa Farnese.

Cyclope Polyphemis, who was the lover of Galatea was enraged when he found out that Galatea had another lover: Acis. He picked up a rock and threw it after the two escaping love birds.

Above the scene: Ganymed being attacked by an eagle. Flanked by two fauns.

Original antique print 

Age toned paper. Minimal soiling in margins.

22,5 x 32 cm (ca. 8.9 x 12.5")

 

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