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Proportions

Non disciogliete il pianto, to scale
60 × 80 mm, beside a 1.8 m figure.
Open in IIIF viewer — deep-zoom & compare → Visual source: Perseus and Andromeda

Non disciogliete il pianto

Non disciogliete il pianto

Catalogue ID1.26
Artist Domenico Jacovacci (1604-1661)
Object type miniature
Date1652
PlaceRome
Collection Biblioteca Casanatense (Rome)
Inv. no.I-Rc_Ms_2478_20
Tech. / supportbrown ink, paper, pen
Measures60 × 80 mm
Subject94P21 — Perseus and Andromeda
94P211 — Perseus kills the sea monster (or turns it into stone by showing it the Gorgon's head) to release Andromeda; sometimes her parents Cepheus and Cassiopea watch the scene

Mythological scene of Perseus and Andromeda. The nude Andromeda is chained to a rock, threatened by a monstrous sea creature. Above, Perseus, riding Pegasus, descends to slay the beast. Ships sail in the background while onlookers gather on the opposite shore.

Cantata
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Composer
Marc’Antonio Pasqualini (1614-1691)
Manuscript
Casanatense cantata album — I-Rc Ms2478
CLORI
https://cantataitaliana.it/scheda/789

Bianco, Anna. “The Master of the Roman Songbook.” Going South: Artistic Exchange between the Netherlands and Italy in the 17th Century, vol. IX, RKD & NIKI, 2023. (nr. 20)

Jeanneret, Christine. “Roman Cantata Manuscripts (1640-80): A Musical Cabinet of Curiosities.” Musical Text as Ritual Object, Brepols, 2015, pp. 73–88.

Biblioteca Casanatense — nowadays current