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Apollo and the Python

Engraving
1590s (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving showing an intermezzo performed in honour of the marriage of Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany to Christina of Lorraine.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Apollo and the Python (assigned by artist)
  • Il combattimento pitico d'Apollo (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Agostino Carracci after Bernardo Buontalenti. 'Apollo and the Python'. Engraving showing an intermezzo performed in honour of the marriage of Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany to Christina of Lorraine, 1589.
Physical description
Engraving showing an intermezzo performed in honour of the marriage of Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany to Christina of Lorraine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.625in
  • Width: 13.625in
Association
Associated object
E.1188-1931 (Source)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1942, London: HMSO, 1955.
  • A. Bartsch. Le Peinture Graveur. Vienna, 1803-21
Collection
Accession number
E.218-1942

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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