Johann Friedrich Greuter, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), Stefano Paulino
Flora Stung by a Bee
1627-1637
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Johann Friedrich Greuter, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), Stefano Paulino
Flora Stung by a Bee
1627-1637
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 233 x 165 mm. (9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Plate: 207 x 152 mm. (8 1/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.2039
Greuter engraved seven allegorical plates after da Cortona, Lanfranco, Sacchi, and Guido Reni, representing episodes from the legend of Flora; the book was first published by Stefano Paulino in Rome in 1633 in Latin and Italian editions, with an Italian edition published in 1638. Six plates from the series are in the Garrett Collection (1945.112.2037 - 1946.112.2042).
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower center, in plate "Petrus Berettin: Corts. delin. Io. Federic: Greuter incid."
Markings: CM: Claghorn, Garrett WM: partial, unidentified