Identification title(s): hades on his throne. Object type: print print drawing object number: rp-p-ob-77. 432. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: maria catharina prestel (mentioned on object), after a design by: giulio romano, publisher: johann gottlieb prestel. Date: 1783. Physical characteristics: print drawing in aquatint and etching in brown. Material: paper technique: etching / print drawing / color printing. Dimensions: plate edge: h 252 mm × w 184 mm explanationnumber 6 from the picture album 'dessins des meilleurs peintres d'italie, d'allemagne, et des pays-bas, tirés de divers célebres cabinets. Gravés d'apres les originaux de même grandeur par jean théophile prestel'. Nuremberg: j. G. Prestel, 1783. Subject: what: (story of) pluto (hades), dis pater, orcus, cerberus, the three- or many-headed dog; 'cerbero' (ripa). Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: 1783.
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