Pierre
Larrieu (fl.1762–1774)
“Mystic Marriage
of St Catherine” (descriptive title only based on my reading of the subject), c.1770,
after the design (possibly a drawing) by Bartolomeo Biscaino (1629–1657).
Although the composition of this etching does not follow any of Bartolomeo
Biscaino’s fifty-eight documented etchings (see “The Illustrated Bartsch”, vol.
47, pp. 192–231), there is an etching by Biscaino featuring the subject of St
Catherine’s mystic marriage to the Christ Child in which St Catherine is shown
wearing a similar crown (see British Museum inv. no. W,6.88: TIB 47.33).
Etching on laid
paper on a wove support sheet with small margins trimmed with a with truncated
corners and laid on a larger support sheet providing wide margins.
Size: (sheet) 20.3
x 24.2cm; (platemark) 18.8 x 23 cm.
Inscribed in
plate: (lower left) “Larrieu sc [letter “s” in reverse]”; (lower right) “Bi[s]caino
in.”
Condition: a
strong and well-printed impression trimmed with a small margin truncated on
each corner of the margin. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no
tears, holes, folds or significant stains and laid upon a support of archival
(millennium quality) washi paper.
I am selling
this exceptionally rare and sensitively executed etching exemplifying a strong
stylistic leaning to the Mannerist painter, Parmigianino
(1503–1540), for the total cost of AU$294 (currently/approximately US$197.25/EUR181.47/GBP151.14
at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling
to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed
by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$294) as this
is my currency.
If you are
interested in purchasing this seemingly freely drawn and luminous etching, please
contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.
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