Pan foiled by Diana 1615-1655
Remy Vuibert
* c. 1600 in Réthel, Ardennes † 1652 in Moulins, Allier
Etching after Domenichino (1581 – 1641). Size of sheet: c. 33 x 28.2 cm.
Literature: Dumesnil II.17.22.II/III.
Le Blanc 46.
Fine impression with large margins all around.
Lettered at the bottom Hic Satyrus castae correptus amore Diana,/Offert lanigeri rustica dona gregis:/Accipit illa, vasri insidias nec cernis amantis/Quas placida insonti vellere texit onis/Casta Diana quidem est, verum insidiosus amator:/Sunt etiam castis dona timenda virum. and below F.L.D. Ciartres excudit Domini Bonon Invent. Cum Privilegio Regis Christ.
Published by François Langlois, il Ciartres (1588-1647).
After the fresco by Domenichino in the Palazzo Giustiniani-Odescalchi in Bassano di Sutri, illustrating an episode of the Georgics by Virgil (Book III, 391-392). For the subject see E. McGrath, "Pan and the wool" in The Ringling Museum of Art Journal, I, 1983, pp. 52-67.
£ 650.-