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Ceres and Phytalus, c. 1662. Etching with drypoint in black on ivory laid paper.
Etching with drypoint in black on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 35.2 × 23.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Ceres and Phytalus
- Artist
- Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673
- Date
- c. 1662
- Medium
- Etching with drypoint in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 35.2 × 23.6 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 46.4 × 33.6 cm (18 5/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Pia Gallo in honor of Martha Tedeschi
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1615–1673
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.