Author: Podestá, Giovanni Andrea (1608-c.1674)
Title: Allegory of the Arts and Time
Description: Putti in a landscape engaged in different activities: one is painting a couple of putti on a large canvas resting on a easel. On the top of it a dedication to Guido Reni:'Al Sig. Guido Reni / Apd. P.D.D.D.'; on the bottom left:'Romae apud Franciscum Salvucium'; on a cartouche date:'1640' and eight lines of Latin text:'Pulcher Amicitiam et lasciuu pinting Amore, / Dum Puer Idalius spectat Phebea Ptesis / Musica, quam soquitur Princepsq; huic ....boni summi Phenix est quae quatit alas'. l Etching on paper; trimmed to platemark; total: ; in outstanding conditions; stateI/4, before address of G. Rossi and before change of date. Bartsch 5. On the verso collector's mark Wetterauer, J. E., L.3183

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