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Lorenzo Roccheggiani
No later than 1804-1817
A Butterfly burned by two Cupids flanked by Centaurs
Production Date
1804Type of Work / Object
Graphic Art > Copper Engraving
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Location
Inventory Number
E1494
Catalogue Number
E1494Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Prints (E)
Material
Technique
Dimension
- Height (plate size) 180 mm
- Height (paper size) 300 mm
- Width (plate size) 295 mm
- Width (paper size) 440 mm
Inscription / Certification / Label
VII / L'incendio della Farfalla e delle sue ale, pare che debba qui indicare la morte di qualche persona distina, e forse / celebre ne' giuochi equestri, de quali eran figura i Centauri. Era questo monumento negli Orti Mattei ed ora in / Polonia presso il Principe Primale. / Roccheggiani fece
Art Form / Craft
Graphic Design
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Acquisition Date
No later than 1850