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Il Solimano, tragedia del Co. Prospero Bonarelli al ser. Grand Duca di Toscana.
Il Solimano, tragedia del Co. Prospero Bonarelli al ser. Grand Duca di Toscana. Conduc lettre Discorsiue Al S.r Antonio Bruni.
Iac. Callot Fa. in aqua forti.
[Published by Pietro Cecconcelli] [n.d. c.1620]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Slight damage to left and bottom left corners.
Frontispiece to Prospero Bonarelli's (1580-1659) 'Il Solimano'. Süleyman I is depicted standing between two military trophies placed on pedestals adorned with scenes of naval battles; he leans upon a shield engraved with the title, while above appears a coat of arms of Alessandro Tasca. By Jacques Callot (1592-1635), a major exponent of the Mannerist style in the early seventeenth century and one of the most accomplished printmakers in the Western tradition.
Not in Lugt database. See [Ref: 68639] for a different version of this print.
[Ref: 68641]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Il Solimano, tragedia del Co. Prospero Bonarelli al ser. Grand Duca di Toscana.
Il Solimano, tragedia del Co. Prospero Bonarelli al ser. Grand Duca di Toscana.
Iac. Callot Fa. in aqua forti.
[Published by Pietro Cecconcelli] [n.d. c.1620]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Two collectors ink stamps of a snake wrapped around a tree. Trimmed and laid on paper. Repaired tear. Hole in top of coat of arms.
Frontispiece to Prospero Bonarelli's (1580-1659) 'Il Solimano'. Süleyman I (1494–1566) is depicted standing between two military trophies placed on pedestals adorned with scenes of naval battles; he leans upon a shield engraved with the title, while above appears the coat of arms of the Medici family. By Jacques Callot (1592-1635), a major exponent of the Mannerist style in the early seventeenth century and one of the most accomplished printmakers in the Western tradition.
Not in Lugt database. See [Ref: 68641] for a different version of this print.
[Ref: 68639]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Et spes & ratio Studiorum in Cæsare tantum. Juv.
Et spes & ratio Studiorum in Cæsare tantum. Juv.
W. Hogarth inv.t et del. C Grignion sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament May 7, 1761.
Engraving, sheet 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate. Printers crease
Frontispiece to the catalogue of the Society of Artists’ first exhibition at Spring Gardens: Britannia stands in a rocky setting, filling a watering can from a lion-headed fountain beside a bust of George III in a crowned niche inscribed Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI. The water is poured over three small trees at right, 'Architecture,' & 'Painting,' receiving the most, 'Sculpture', less.
BM Satires 3808. Paulson 1989 236.
[Ref: 68390]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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