A seated putto holding a flag; representing the durability of fame. Etching by L. Lorenzi after M.A. Franceschini.

  • Franceschini, Marcantonio, 1648-1729.
Date:
[ca. 1774]
Reference:
2823248i
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[ca. 1774]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image and lettering 28 x 16.8 cm

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Lettering

Fama manet facti, posito velamine currunt, et memorem famam, qui bene gessit, habet. Ovid. ; Marc. Ant. Franceschini inv. Laur. Lorenzi delin. e sculp. The verses by Ovid state that good deeds are rewarded by longlasting fame

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2823248i

Notes

One in a series of etchings by Vanni, Lorenzi and Bartolozzi after drawings by Franceschini in the collection of Carlo Gerini in Florence

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