Giorgio Ghisi
(Italy 1520–1582)
after Giulio Romano
(Italy 1499–1546)
- Title
- The death of Procris
- Year
- circa 1540
- Media category
- Materials used
- engraving
- Edition
- 6/10
- Dimensions
-
39.0 x 56.8cm image/sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1979
- Accession number
- 236.1979
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The story is told in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses': Cephalus and Procris were devoted in marriage, however, Procris had her suspicions aroused over her husband's morning hunting expeditions. One morning she followed him, keeping herself hidden. Cephalus, hearing a noise among the leaves and thinking that it was a wild animal, threw his lance
- Bibliography (2)
-
Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 1998, 8. no catalogue numbers
Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Piety and Paganism, Sydney, 1991, 8. no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (3)
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Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991.
Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998.
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006.
