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Selene in a carriage, pointing at the constellations of Scorpio and Libra, with Flora presenting her with a bulb to the left and Night flying below; from Giovanni Battista Ferrari's "De Florum Cultura Libri IV"

Renato Guerineau French
After Claude Mellan French
After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian

ca. 1633

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Title: Selene in a carriage, pointing at the constellations of Scorpio and Libra, with Flora presenting her with a bulb to the left and Night flying below; from Giovanni Battista Ferrari's "De Florum Cultura Libri IV"

Artist: Renato Guerineau

Artist: After Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris)

Artist: After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)

Date: ca. 1633

Medium: Engraving

Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (22.2 × 15.9 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955

Accession Number: 55.565.97

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