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[The Christ child]
Engraved by Cap.t Baillie from a Drawing by Romanelli.
June ye. 5 1778
Stipple engraving, 255 x 200mm. 10 x 8". Later issue c.1800.
Decorative scene after Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610-62). Engraved by William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques. Timothy Clayton and Anita McConnell, ‘Baillie, William (1723–1810)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
[Ref: 12223] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Europa.
Painted by Romanelli. Engrav'd by J.Dean.
Publish'd Oct.r 1791 by M.A.Dean, No 138 High Holborn.
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm. Trimmed within plate.
Europa with Zeus disguised as a bull and Eros. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5060] £450.00
[The marriage of St Catherine.]
Engravd by Capt: Baillie from a Drawing of Romanelli:
Iune ye 5. 1778.
Stipple and etching, printed in sanguine. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8").
The infant Jesus puts a ring on the finger of St Catherine of Alexandria, an early 4th century Christian saint and virgin martyr, patron of education and learning, mystically 'married' to Christ. Behind is the Virgin Mary, with cherubs in the clouds all around. By Capt William Baillie (1723 - 1810) who retired from the army and became a picture dealer. He was also an amateur then semi-professional printmaker, later selling his plates to Boydell. After Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (c.1610 - 1662).
[Ref: 12217] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
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