Dedication plate to Rossi's series of engravings of the Sala di Marte, with the Medici balls held up by putti at center; from 'Heroicae Virtutis Imagines' after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)
Artist bio: Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome|Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome
Artist role: Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1677
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 25 3/16 in. × 14 in. (64 × 35.5 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Rome     
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951