Ashby Collection. Prints
[Mythological scene]
Labruzzi, Carlo, approximately 1765-1818 (artist)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)
[S.l.]
[s.n.]
1788
1 print : aquatint, sepia ; image 12 x 17 cm, on sheet 20.5 x 29 cm.
Dedicated to Richard Colt Hoare, is one of the 13 aquatints showing Italian rural characters in the Roman campagna. The print is unique in the series since it shows mythological figures: the god Pan is playing the syrinx, while two seated maenads are listening.
Good condition. Forms part of: Ashby Collection. Prints.
Hornsby, C. Carlo Labruzzi : an album of thirteen aquatints dedicated to Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Apollo, v. 151, no. 457, March 2000, pp. 3-8
Sponsored by the ARC Universities of WA, Melbourne Monash Humanities E-research Project 2008
Pan (Greek deity)
ArtBacchantes in artFigure drawings
1780-1790
Aquatints
British School at Rome
TA[PRI]-Mis13-104
Closed access material (Library)
The print belonged to Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), Director British School at Rome (1906-1925), who inherited his father’s library and continued to enrich the collection throughout his life. The collection was purchased from his widow in 1931 for the BSR Library thanks to a generous donation from the Treasurer at the time, William Russell.
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