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Description: | A frieze of classical figures with panels in between. The central panel has a naked man asleep watched over by a woman with a cresent moon headdress. There are two cherubs to the upper left corner of the panel. There are round panels to each side of the centre and a decorative border to the top and bottom edge of the frieze. The top border has a shell motif and the lower border has garlands of fruit and flowers surrounding mask-like faces.
Technique: engraving (printing process)
Technique: etching
medium: ink (black)
Diana and Endymion by Pietro Aquila, Annibale Carracci (after), 1677, (1966.680). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.104463 | Go to resource |
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