Plate 6:  Allegory with Hercules fighting off the Harpies at left, to the right Justice and Plenty come to the aid of the beggars below; from 'Barberinae aulae fornix', after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona on the ceiling of the salone of the Palazzo Barberini, Rome
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): 12 5/8 × 13 5/16 in. (32 × 33.8 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Rome     
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951