Title page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, Rome

Title page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, Rome

Carlo Cesi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frontispiece to series of etchings of Cortona's fresco and its stucco framework in the Gallery of Aeneas, Palazzo Pamphili, Rome. Cesi was commissioned to draw and etch the decorations of the Gallery by Prince Camillo Pamphili, who paid him on January 29, 1661.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, RomeTitle page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, RomeTitle page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, RomeTitle page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, RomeTitle page to "Galleria Dipinta nel Palazzo del Prencipe Panfilio" after the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona depicting the history of Aeneas in the Palazzo Pamphili, Rome

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