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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)
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)
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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