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001 $ 05/865
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a lat
044 # # $a it
245 0 0 $a Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi Cum Ipsarum Monocromatibus Et Ornamentis Romæ In Aedibus Sereniss. Ducis Parmensis Ab Annibale Carraccio Aeternitati Pictae. A Petro Aquila Delineatæ Incisæ.
260 # # $b Io. Iacobus. de Rubeis cura, sumptibus, ac typis editæ $a Romæ ad Templ. S. Mariæ de Pace cù Priv. S. Pont. $c [ca. 1677?]
300 # # $a 13 pl.; $c 425×547 mm. (Oblong.)
500 # # $a The set of plates was earlier issued without numbers.
505 0 # $a [T.pl.] - [Pl. 2-13].
508 # # $a Plates 2-13 are all signed as painted by Annibal Carraccius and drawn and engraved by Petrus Aquila.

Each carries the publisher's imprint of 'Io. Iacob. de Rubeis' (i.e. Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi).

The second plate carries a dedication of the whole series ('Heroicae Virtutis Imagines') from the publisher to Cardinal César D'Estrées.
510 0 # $a Annibale Carracci e i suoi incisori [exhibition catalogue] (Rome, 1968), p.73-80.

J.R. Martin, 'Immagini della virtù: the paintings of the Camerino Farnese', in A. Bull., 38 (1956), p.91-112.
520 2 # $a No date of publication is given on the title-plate or elsewhere; but the set is mentioned in the Indice De Rossi of 1677.

The plates show the frescoes painted by Annibale Carracci in 1596-7 for Cardinal Odoardo Farnese on the ceiling of the Camerino Farnese in the Farnese Palace, Rome. They depict the achievements of Hercules and other allegoric scenes.
561 # # $a Prince Hoare Bequest (1835).
563 # # $a 18th-century calf; rebacked in 20th century, brown morocco spine-labels lettered 'Annibale Caracci. L'Enea Vagante Inc Mitelli Romæ 166' and 'Imagines Farnesia Cubiculi Ab Annibale Carracci Romæ N.D.' Bound with one other.
600 1 4 $a Carracci
600 1 4 $a Farnese
600 0 4 $a Hercules
653 # # $a Mythology, Greek - Heroes - Iconography
653 # # $a Paintings, Italian - Frescoes - Ceilings - Interior Decoration - Palaces - Italy - Rome - Palazzo Farnese - History - 16th century - Baroque
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Italy - 17th century
700 1 # $a Hoare $e previous owner $e donor
700 1 # $a Rossi $e publisher
700 1 # $a Carracci $e source artist
700 1 # $a Aquila $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Estrees $e dedicatee