impression:T86196

Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)

Things – T86196

Dioscuri

(London, BM)

Details

Matrices

Jacques Blondeau (printmaker), Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (print publisher), Dioscuri (Rossi) (Rome, ICG)

Actors

Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (1627 - 1691) print publisher : 1677
Jacques Blondeau (9 May 1655 - 1698) printmaker

Places

London, British Museum (1871,0812.3711) storage place

Design

Jacques Blondeau (printmaker), Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (print publisher), Dioscuri (Rossi) (Rome, ICG) Part of Set of Heroicae virtutis imagines ◼

In-Urus interactions

Expert view

Iconography description

(story of) the Dioscuri: Castor (the horse-tamer) and Pollux (the boxer) (Iconclass: 94R)

References

Web resources

digital copy (BM)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-02-19 19:17)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-02-19 19:17)