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DescriptionGiulio Romano - Meleager et Atalanta.jpg
"Meleager et Atalanta", from a drawing by Guilio Romano, engraved by François Louis Lonsing. Atalanta is the woman on the far left with the bow; Meleager is just right of her, with the boar spear sticking into the Calydonian Boar.
Date
(engraving)
Source
SCHOLA Italica picturae sive selectae quaedam summorum e schola Italica pictorum tabulae aere incisae cura et impensis Gavini Hamilton pictoris ... - Romae : [s.n.], 1773. – 40 folhas de est. : toda il. ; 65 cm.
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Author
Giulio Romano
(1499–1546)
Alternative names
Birth name: Giulio di Pietro de' Gianuzzi (Giulio Pippi)
Description
Italian architect and painter
Date of birth/death
ca. 1492-1499
1 November 1546
Location of birth/death
Rome
Mantua
Work location
Rome, Florence, Mantua
Authority file
: Q215305
VIAF: 74007636
ISNI: 0000000121023744
ULAN: 500115304
LCCN: n50065111
NLA: 35481038
WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q215305
François Louis Lonsing, engraver (1739 - 1799)
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Meleager et Atalanta, from a drawing by Giulio Romano, engraved by François Louis Lonsing. Atalanta is at far left with bow; Meleager is right of her, spearing the Calydonian boar (1773).
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17:23, 18 August 2010
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Adam Cuerden
Maybe just lift the highlights a little
17:03, 18 August 2010
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Adam Cuerden
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