Allegory of Fame, 18th century

  • Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560-1609
  • Claude Donat Jardinier, French, 1726-1771
  • Stefano Torelli, Italian, 1712-1784

Engraving printed in black with graphite on laid paper

  • plate: 21 1/8 x 12 1/2 in. 53.6 x 31.7 cm sheet: 21 5/8 x 20 3/4 in. 54.8 x 52.7 cm

Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892

1991.76

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

In plate, lower left: Steph. Torelli del.; lower right: Jardinier Sculp.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro d'Annibale Caracci / dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda / Largo piedi 4. Alto piedi 6. onc: 2.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau d' Annibal Carache / de la Galerie Royale de Dresdin / Large de 4. pieds haut 6 pieds 2. pouces.; lower right corner: No. 19.; in black ink after Jardinier's name: 1726 / -1774; below Carache: 1560-1609 / (Bologne); lower center: The Genius of Glory.; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 39

Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN: Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 316.

Claude Donat Jardinier; after Annibale Carracci; after Stefano Torelli, Allegory of Fame, 18th century, Engraving printed in black with graphite on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.76.