Unidentified artist
from the circle of Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (1619–c1678)
“Niobe
Adored on the Altar”, c1656,
in reverse direction to the etching by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1856-1213-54)
plate/sheet 3 from the series of five plates, “Niobid frieze of the Palazzo
Milesi” (aka “History of Niobe” [TIB title]), after the design of Polidoro da Caravaggio’s (aka Polidoro Caldara;
Polidoro da Caravaggio; Polidoro da Caravagio) (c1499–1543) frieze on the lower
register of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome—sadly the frescoes on the façade have
almost completely vanished by deterioration.
Etching on laid
paper trimmed along the platemark and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (support
sheet) 26.5 x 47 cm; (sheet) 11.3 x 31.6 cm; (Image borderline) 10.7 x 31.1 cm.
Ref. for
Galestruzzi’s etching that this print follows in reverse: TIB 46 (21).18 (59)
(Paolo Bellini [ed.] 1982, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Masters of the
Seventeenth Century”, vol. 46, Abaris Books, New York, p. 88, cat. no. 18 [59]).
Condition: a
strong and well-printed impression, showing no sign of wear to the printing
plate, trimmed along the platemark and laid upon a support sheet of archival
(millennium quality) washi paper. Beyond age toning, the sheet is in an excellent
condition with no tears, holes, folds, stains or foxing.
I am selling
this historically important etched frieze that is a surviving visual record of
Polidoro da Caravaggio’s now lost—in the sense of badly deteriorated—fresco on
the façade of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome, for the total cost of AU$237
(currently US$156.04/EUR146.62/GBP129.67 at the time of posting this print)
including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but
not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.
If you are
interested in purchasing this strong and beautiful etching from the mid-1600s,
please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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