Ceres and Phytalus
Object Details
- original artist
- Rosa, Salvator
- graphic artist
- Sandrart, Johann Jakob von
- Description
- Phytalus, kneeling at right, receives the fig tree from the goddess Ceres, standing at left, as a reward for his hospitality. Reversed copy after Rosa's etching with "inv." added and numeral "66" engraved in plate at lower right. Probably etched during the 17th century by Johann Jakob von Sandrart as he is credited with a series of prints after Rosa made in reverse with numbers added.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- 17th century
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.19
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.19
- Object Name
- etching
- Object Type
- Etching
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- sheet: 34 cm x 23 cm; 13 3/8 in x 9 1/16 in
- place made
- Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Art
- Agriculture
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mythology
- Record ID
- nmah_788299
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-c5d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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