Orestes and Electra
Artist:
Francesco Piranesi
(Italian, ca. 1756 - 1810)
Artist: after
Tommaso Piroli
(Italian, ca. 1752 - 1824)
Culture: Italian
Date: 1786
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 25 × 17 15/16 in. (63.5 × 45.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Merribell Maddux Parsons in honor of Dr. Jessica Powers
Object number: 2016.32.10
Inscribed: Inscribed, bottom center: Oreste riconosciuto dalla sorella Elettra Ia quale ha i capelli recisi per averli appesi alla tomba / del padre, espresso secondo Ia scena di Sofocle. Opera
Greca di Menelao Discepolo di Stefano / creduta volgarmente rappresentare Papirio colla Madre Esiste nella Villa Ludovisi / Al Sig.Ie Carlo Federico de Fredenheim Primo Segretario di S. M. il Re di Svezia e Maestro di / Cerimonie alla Sua Corte Cavaliere del ordine Reale della Stella Polare Grand Protettore delle belle arti
Inscribed and dated, lower right: Francesco Piranesi incise 1783 / Francesco Piranesi D.D.D.
Inscribed, lower left: Tommaso Piroli disegno
Not on view
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