This work belongs to a series of five engravings. This engraving was made after a drawing by Francesco Albani. The same engraving appears in Giovanni Battista Ferrari, Hesperides, Rome 1646. Cornelis Bloemaert made five engravings for this book after drawings by Albani, Poussin, Domenichino, Sacchi and Romanelli. Other engravers such as Claude Mellan also collaborated on this project. Ferrari's book is a botanical treatise on citrus species, supplemented by mythological tales, some of which are by the author himself.
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Cornelis II Bloemaert
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Francesco Albani
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| Title | The Hesperides Bringing the First Oranges to Italy |
| Date | ca. 1640 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Franciscus Albanus del. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: C. Bloemaert sculp. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2015-BL |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-BL |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8670/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F23(SHE-WOLF)
beasts of prey, predatory animals (SHE-WOLF)
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31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41C653(ORANGE) fruit (ORANGE) Iconclass 48C7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery Iconclass 61D(ITALY) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (ITALY) Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92B11221 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty Iconclass 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass 93F1 the Hesperides, guardians of the tree with golden apples Iconclass 96C(ROMULUS) (story of) Romulus and Remus Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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