Alexandro dalla Via, Peota boat representing Venus, 1686.
Engraving. 277 mm x 570 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Peota boat representing Venus, 1686
Alexandro dalla Via (fl. ca. 1686 - 1729)
RA Collection: Art
277 mm x 570 mm
Giuochi Festivi, E Militari, Danze, Serenate, Machine, Boscareccia Artificiosa, Regatta Solenne, Et altri sontuosi apprestamenti di Allegrezza Esposti Alla Sodisfattione Universale Dalla Generosità deel'A. S. D'Ernesto Augusto Duca Di Brusvich, E Luneburgo, Prencipe D'Osnapruch, &c. Nel tempo di suo dimora in Venetia Il tutto descritto, & espresso con sue figure Dal D. Gio: Matteo Alberti Medico Si S.A.S. Et alla medesima Altezza Serenissima Consacrate. - In Venetia: [1686]
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