Aquila, Pietro (1630 Marsala - Alcamo 1692). Ulysses tied to the mast listening to the song of the sirens. Engraving in half-round after Annibale Carracci from "Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi..." by de Rubeis, Rome (about 1680). Qu.Gr.Fol. trimmed and mounted on paper. From the series of wall and ceiling paintings of the Farnesean bedchamber. With lat. text in lower margin. In lower margin. - Somewhat stained and slightly browned. - ╔With: Sandrart, Susanna Maria von╗ (1658 Nuremberg 1716). "Nova nupta in geniali Thalamo". (sheet 1 of 2). Etching (1683). Qu.fol. - The Rape of Europe. Etching by Frey after Albani, Rome 1732. qu.fol. Nagler V, 165 - Together 3 sheet.

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