Pietro Sante Bartoli
(Italy 1615–1700)
after Giulio Romano
(Italy 1499–1546)
- Title
- Hylas seized by nymphs
- Year
- 17th century
- Media category
- Materials used
- engraving
- Dimensions
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31.5 x 54.0cm platemark; 50.0 x 75.5cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1979
- Accession number
- 237.1979
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Hylas was one of the Argonauts and the favourite page of Heracles. When the Argos stopped at Bithynia, Hylas was sent to fetch water from a nearby spring. Enamoured of his great beauty, the nymphs drew Hylas into the spring and he was never seen again.
- 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, 6. no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (2)
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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.
