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The Centaur Chiron Instructing the Young Achilles in Geography (from a series of twelve prints, "Varii Capricci e Paesi")

The Centaur Chiron Instructing the Young Achilles in Geography (from a series of twelve prints, "Varii Capricci e Paesi")

(Italian, 1700–1778)
(Italian, 1609–1665)
(Italian, 1680–1767)
1759
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 24.1 x 32 cm (9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 21 x 28.8 cm (8 1/4 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number2001.640
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsAt left of image, etched in plate, monogram of G. B. Castiglione; at right of image, 1759 and monogram of A. M. Zanetti; lower center margin etched dedication: Mmo D. Josepho Smith, Consuli Britannico novum antiquae necessitudinis monimentum; l.r. etched in plate: Antonius M. Zanetti Hier F. Offerebat.
ProvenanceEarl Spencer, Althorp (Lugt 2341a); Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Stanford, California; from whom purchased September 26, 2001