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Museum Odescalchum
sive Thesaurus antiquarum Gemmarum
quae a Christina Suecorum Reginae
collectae in Museo Odescalcho adservantur
cum Commentario Nicolai Galeotti.
Niccolo Galeotti / Pietro Santo Bartoli
Roma, 1752.
They illustrate the former gem collection of queen Christina of Sweden,
then kept in the collection of the Odescalchi family in Roma.
then kept in the collection of the Odescalchi family in Roma.
The engravings are engraved by the Perugia-born Pietro Santo Bartoli (1635-1700).
He was a student of the French artist Poussin. His nickname was Perugino.
From Museums, their history and their use: By David Murray
From Museums, their history and their use: By David Murray
Odescalchi (livio),
Duke of Bracciano, 1663-1713. 38
Museum Odescalchum
sive Thesaurus antiquarum Gemmarum
quae a Christina Suecorum Reginae
collectae in Museo Odescalcho adservantur
cum Commentario Nicolai Galeotti. fol. 2 vol.
Romae, 1751-52. 49 and S3 plates.
sive Thesaurus antiquarum Gemmarum
quae a Christina Suecorum Reginae
collectae in Museo Odescalcho adservantur
cum Commentario Nicolai Galeotti. fol. 2 vol.
Romae, 1751-52. 49 and S3 plates.
43 of the plates had been published in 1702, with Portrait of Odescalchi.
After Odescalchi's death the collections of Queen Christina were purchased by Philip V of Spain (d. 1746), and placed in the Palace of San Ildefonso, from whence they were transferred to Madrid in 1836.
Httbner, Antike Bildwerke in Madrid, p. 14, Berlin, 1862. Odessa.
The prints are for sale on Ebay.
Httbner, Antike Bildwerke in Madrid, p. 14, Berlin, 1862. Odessa.
The prints are for sale on Ebay.
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