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The Farnese Bull with Dirce, Zethus and Amphion, 1581. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper · Image: 36.9 × 27.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Farnese Bull with Dirce, Zethus and Amphion
- Artist
- Diana Scultori Italian, c. 1547–1612
- Date
- 1581
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 36.9 × 27.2 cm (14 9/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet, timed within platemark: 39.8 × 27.2 cm (15 11/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.


