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The Old Centaur from Hadrian's Villa, 1738

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 443 x 272 mm
  • Inv. 2015-KX-2

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The statue, with its companion the 'Young Centaur' (inv. 2015-KX-1), were found in the gardens of the Hadrians Villa in 1736 and are today in the Capitoline Museum. Both prints that Frezza executed after the two sculptures were dedicated to Giuseppe Alessandro Furetto.

Artist

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza RKD
Orvinio ca. 1671 - Rome ca. 1748 - 1758
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Nicola Onofri
Italy ca. 1730 - 1740
after

Title The Old Centaur from Hadrian's Villa
Date 1738
Period 18th century
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription outside the depiction, below: 'Centaurus e marmore Aegyptio inter Hadrianae Villae rudera [...] Josepho Alexandro Furietto' and 'Nicolaus Honophrij delin. / Hieronymus Frezza scul. Romae 1738
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2015-KX-2
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-KX-2
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/9110/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT
300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
46C13141 horse Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
49K11 excavation ~ archaeology Iconclass
61E(ROME) names of cities and villages (ROME) Iconclass
61F(VILLA ADRIANA) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (VILLA ADRIANA) Iconclass
9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass
92L7 centaurs Iconclass
School / Style Neoclassical AAT
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