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In the Collection of Peter Delmé Esq.r
In the Collection of Peter Delmé Esq.r
Giacomo Cortesi, detto il Borgognone pinx. Chatelain Sculp.
Publish'd by Ar: Pond Feb.y 1744. 2 feet wide 1 foot 3 inch ¼ high.
Etching and engraving, with very large margins. Plate 311 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾").
A landscape after Borgognone; a broad river with a single-arched bridge to the left, with a castellated square tower at the right end, trees on the far bank and men with a small barge in the foreground, drawn by a mule which a man leads into the left foreground.
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[Scènes Militaires]
[Scènes Militaires]
G. Cortese f.
Set of eight etchings with original stitching, platemarks each approx 115 x 170mm (4½ x 6¾"). Late impressions.
Military scenes: set of original etchings by Giacomo Cortese (1621-75), known as Il Borgognone, a Frenchman who spent his career in Italy and attained a considerable reputation for his battle scenes. He often represented incidents from the conflicts of his life such as the Castro War (1641-3). First published around the same period, this set are later impressions.
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[Italianate landscape after Il Borgognone.] In the Collection of Peter Delmé Esq.r.
[Italianate landscape after Il Borgognone.] In the Collection of Peter Delmé Esq.r.
Giacomo Cortesi, detto il Borgognone pinx. Chatelain Sculp.
Publish'd by Ar: Ponf Feb.y 1744.
Etching with some engraving. 315 x 405mm, 12½ x 16". Edges worn.
A river scene with a bridge leading to a ruined keep, from a painting by Giacomo Cortese (1621-75), known as Il Borgognone, a Frenchman who spent his career in Italy, with an output mainly of battle scenes. The original painting belonged to Peter Delmé (1710-70), a wealthy English merchant, MP for Ludgershall 1734-41 and for Southampton 1741-54. He was nicknamed 'Peter the Czar' for his considerable inherited wealth, but he spent the lot before shooting himself in his house in Grosvenor Square.
BM: 1869,0410.1182.
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