Aquila Pietro (Marsala 1630 - Alcamo 1692)
AEneas, Anchises and Dido
"Salmacis Hermaphroditum in fonte complectens.
Hic ille ANCHISES, thalamo, cui iuncta DIONE
Fatalem peperit coelesti sanguine prolem;
AENEAS pius unde satus, GENVS VNDE LATINVM,
ALBANIQUE PATRES, ATQUE ALTAE MAENIA ROMAE.
Semiferum Pana domat Amor.
Annibal Carraccius in Aedibus Farnesianis
Io.Iacob de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templ. S. Mariae de Pace cu Priv. S. Pont.
Petrus Aquila delin. et sculp."
Big original etching, based on the paintings by Annibale Carracci, on the Galleria Farnese in Rome.
Engraved by Pietro Aquila.
Very good preservation status. Soft folding mark in the middle.
Assembled in a beautiful craftmade frame, with passepartout.