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001 $ 03/2029
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a lat
044 # # $a it
245 0 0 $a Picturæ Francisci Albani In Æde Verospia
260 # # $b (Io. Hieronymus Frezza incid. $a Romæ cum Priv. Sum. Pont. $c an. 1704.)
300 # # $a [17] pl. (5 dble.); $b 478 mm (Folio).
505 0 # $a [T.pl.] - [16 pl.].
508 # # $a All plates are signed as engraved by Io. Hieronymus Frezza and drawn by Petrus de Petris (the title-plate as designed and drawn by Petrus de Petris). Eleven plates carry the name of Franciscus Albani as the original designer and painter; four, that of Fran. Albani as designer and Sixtus Badaloccius as painter.
520 2 # $a Publication details have been taken from the engraver's signature that appears on all the plates: 'Io. Hieronymus Frezza incid. Romæ cum Priv. Sum. Pont. an. 1704'.

The plates reproduce the frescoes which Francesco Albani painted in the Palazzo Verospi (now Credito Italiano) in 1611-1612. The subjects shown are as follows: Mercury and Paris; Paris and Venus; Polyphemus and Acis; Polyphemus and Galatea; the Seasons and Apollo; general view of the decorative scheme; Hesperus; Lucifer; Nox; Aurora; Mars, Iuppiter; Saturnus; Diana; Mercurius; Venus.
561 # # $a Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
562 # # $a The seventeen plates have been numbered in graphite, 1-17.
563 # # $a 19th-century marbled-papered boards. Rebacked and recornered with 20th-century mottled calf, retaining 18th-century spine-piece. Red, green and brown spine labels, lettered, 'F. Albani. Picturae In Aede Verospia Romæ. 1704', and 'Galeriae Farnesianae Icones Ab Anibale Carracio Romæ. ND', and 'Heroicae Virtutis Imagines Ab Petrus Berrettinus Cortonensis Romæ. ND'. Bound with 2 others.
600 1 4 $a Albani, Francesco
653 # # $a Mural painting and decoration - Ceilings - Applied decoration - Interior decoration - Palaces - Italy - Rome - Palazzo Verospi (Rome) - History - 17th century
653 # # $a Mythology, Greek - Mythology, Roman - Iconography
655 # 4 $a Pictorial works - Italy - 18th century
700 1 # $a Albani, Francesco $e source artist
700 1 # $a Frezza, Giovanni Girolamo $e engraver
700 1 # $a Pietri, Pietro Antonio de $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Badalocchio, Sisto $e source artist
852 8 # $d 1802: O-0-06; 1821:O-0-06.