Giovanni Buonafede (aka Giovanni Bonafeddo)
(1816–?)
“La Madonna Della Seggiola”, c1840,
after Raphael’s (1483–1520) painting in the Palazzo Pitti (Florence), published by Calcografia Romano
(aka Camera Apostolica; Calcografia Camerale; Regia Calcografia; Calcografia
Nazionale; Calcographia RCA) (1738–1870) in Rome.
Engraving with etching on heavy wove
paper with small margins and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 44.1 x 36.3 cm; (image
borderline) 32.2 x 32.2 cm.
Lettered on plate below the image
borderline: (left) “Raffaele Sanzio dip.“; (centre) “LA MADONNA DELLA SEGGIOLA
/ Roma presso La Calcografia Camerale”; (right) “Giov. Buonafede inc“.
The British Museum offers the following
description of this print:
“The Virgin and Child with the Baptist
in a tondo, after Raphael; lettered state Engraving”
Condition: richly inked and well-printed
impression, trimmed with small margins around a soft platemark impression. There
is a strong fold at the upper edge of the sheet following the platemark and
there is a hole at the lower right corner with a small retouched restoration
otherwise the sheet is in very good condition and laid upon a support sheet of
archival (millennium quality) washi paper.
I am selling this large engraved
masterwork, exemplifying Buonafede’s skill in translating the colours, tones
and textures of Raphael’s famous painting, for AU$225 (currently US$155.12/EUR138.82/GBP122.41
at the time of this listing) including 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
exquisite example of nineteenth century mastery of reproductive engraving, 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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