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Mounted in 3 in. oak and gilt frame. Engraving of eight classical women surrounding a young male classical figure seated in a four-horse chariot. A cherub flies above the horses w/ a torch leading the way. Clouds surround the figures and buildings can be seen on the hills below.
prints (visual works)
engraving (printing process)
paper (fiber product)
chariots (carriages)
putti (motifs)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Classical
mythology (literary genre)
Unidentified Paper
Stipple Engraved
Mythology
Classical Figure
Chariot
Cherub
PICTURE
Printed beneath engraving: ""Guidus Rheni pinx. Antonius Gavallucci Delin. Raphael Morghen Romae sculp. In Aedibus Rospigliosiis Roman, presse la Caleographia Comerale"" Title: ""Quadrijugis Invectus Equis Sol Aureus Exit/ Cui Septem Variis Circumstant Vestibus Horae"" and ""Lucifer Antevolat. Rapidi Fuge Lampada Solis/ Aurora Umbrarum Victrix Ne Victa Recedas""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Morghen, Ralph (Maker)
After Rheni, Guidus (Artist)
England?
32 x 48 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1352
1850-1870 (Possibly)
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