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Flora (title page)
Public Domain

Johann Friedrich Greuter, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), and others

Flora (title page)

1627-1637

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Flora (title page)

Johann Friedrich Greuter, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), and others

Flora (title page)

Flora (title page)

1627-1637

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 205 x 157 mm. (8 1/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2037
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, upper center over archway, in plate "FLORA / SIVE / FLORUM CVULTVRA"; in image, center left on pedestal, in plate "REDI / MITVR / FLORI / BVS / ANNVS"; in image, lower left, in plate "Petrus Berettino. Cort. del. / IFeder. Greu incid." Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "918"

Markings: CM: Claghorn, Garrett WM: partial, unidentified

Artist

Johann Friedrich Greuter

1589–1661

German, active in Italy,1590/93-1662,
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Artist (Cortona)

Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)

1595–1668

Italian, 1596-1669
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Publisher

Stefano Paulino

1629–1629

Italian, active 1630s
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