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Nurnbergische Hesperides: No. 185 - Aranzo Striato dolce. Palazzo del N. H. Fonte in Noventa

c. 1708

Joseph de Montalegre

(Hungarian)
published by

Johoann Christoph Volckamer

(German)
Culture
Hungary
Medium
engraving, hand-colored
Credit Line
Gift of Kennedy & Company, NY, for The Donald Gray Memorial Collection 1946.177
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The title of this set refers to Hercules, a mythological figure who must complete a series of difficult tasks. One of these was procuring the golden apples of the Hesperides, the nymphs who guarded this precious fruit. Hesperides also refers to books on citrus fruit, as it was once thought that the golden apples were actually Spanish oranges.
A vertically oriented hand-colored engraving depicts a large, textured orange fruit and its cross-section atop a gnarled branch. A winding blue ribbon labeled "Aranzo Striato dolce" unfurls between them. Below, a symmetrical gray building stands behind a garden with swirling hedges where figures with light skin tones work. Six statues line the roof against a pale sky. Text at the bottom identifies the scene as "Pal. del N. H. Fonte in Noventa."

Nurnbergische Hesperides: No. 185 - Aranzo Striato dolce. Palazzo del N. H. Fonte in Noventa

c. 1708

Joseph de Montalegre, Johoann Christoph Volckamer

(Hungarian), (German)
Hungary

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