Niccolò Oraty (aka Nic. Oraty) (fl.1750–
1760)
“Herculaneum Frescoes: Twelve Fauns on
Tightropes” (descriptive title only), c1762, after the intermediary design
by Giovanni Elia Morghen (1721–1789) after fresco panels
excavated in Herculaneum, published in Naples in 1762 by Regia
Stamperia as plate 34 (Tavola XXXIV) on page 165 in “Le pitture
antiche d'Ercolano e contorni incise con qualche spiegazione” (The ancient
paintings of Herculaneum and engraved contours with some explanation), volume
3.
Archive.org offers an online view of this
print and its context in the publication: https://archive.org/details/A216168/page/n187/mode/2up.
Engraving and etching on laid paper with
full margins as published.
Size: (sheet) 32 x 47.5 cm; (plate) 25 x 36
cm; (outer image borderline) 24 x 33 cm.
Lettered in plate: (lower left) “Giov. Morg:
Reg. dis. in Port:”; (lower centre above and below a double scale rule) “Palmo
Napoletano/ Palmo Romano”; (lower right) “Nic. Oraty Reg. Incis.in Port:/
(vertical) “Pag. 165.”
Note: the scale shown below the image with
the terms “Palmo Napoletano” and “Palmo Romano” identify the different
hand-palm sizes differentiating folk from Naples and Rome for proportional
comparison with the painting. I understand that this was an early measurement
system.
Condition: a strong and well-printed
impression with generously wide margins in an excellent condition with no
tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.
I am selling this elegant engraving
reproducing (with dual scale rules) a series of twelve fresco panels unearthed
from the Mount Vesuvius destroyed ancient Roman city of Herculaneum, for AU$248
(currently US$178.61/EUR167.04/GBP142.16 at the time of posting 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 engraving showing fauns balanced on festooned tightropes, 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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