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Cibelle.
Cibelle. All' Illusstrissima ed Eccellentissima Signora Alba Giustinian, Procuratessa Cornaro.
C. Cattini sculpt.
[n.d., c.1743.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼") large margins.
A print of a bust statue of the figure of Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, shown wearing her mural crown. From Faldoni's series 'Delle Antiche Statue Greche e Romane che Nell’ Antisala della Libreria di San Marco e in Altri Luoghi si Trovano'.
[Ref: 46849]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Domizia.
Domizia. All'Illustrissimo Sig. Giuseppe Maria Buonarroti, Patrizio Genovese, della Famiglia Buonarroti di Firenze. Nell' Antisala della Libreria di S. Marco.
G. Ant. Faldoni sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1743.]
Engraving. 18th century watermark. Plate: 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼") large margins. Mark in plate.
A print of a bust of Domitia Longina, wife of Emperor Domitian. From Faldoni's series 'Delle Antiche Statue Greche e Romane che Nell’ Antisala della Libreria di San Marco e in Altri Luoghi si Trovano'.
[Ref: 46848]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Giove.
Giove. All' Illustrissimo Sig. Riccardo Mead, Medico primario di Sua Maesta Brittanica. Nell' antisala della Libreria di S. Marco.
G. Ant. Faldoni Sculp.
[Venice: Zanetti Snr. & Jnr.,1740-1743.]
Copper engraving, very fine impression, platemark 375 x 260mm. 14¾ x 10¼". Small margins.
The sculpted bust of Jupiter, king of the gods in the Biblioteca Marciana (St Mark's Library) in Venice, engraved by Giovanni Antonio Faldoni and dedicated to royal doctor Richard Mead. The library is one of the earliest surviving public manuscript depositories in Italy, holding one of the greatest collections of classical texts in the world. Plate from the folio 'Delle Antiche statue greche e romane che, nell'antisala della libreria di San Marco e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia..' (100 plates total). Published by Antonio Maria Zanetti (1680 - 1757) in collaboration with his son.
For another plate in the series, see ref. 21363.
[Ref: 33963]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Minerva.
Minerva. All' Illustrissimo Signor Daniel Antonio Bertoli. Nell' antisala della Libreria di S. Marco.
G. Ant. Faldoni Sculp.
[Venice: Zanetti Snr. & Jnr.,1740-1743.]
Copper engraving on laid paper, 410 x 280mm. 16 x 11". Full untrimmed margins.
The sculpted bust of the Roman goddess Minerva in the Biblioteca Marciana (St Mark's Library) in Venice, engraved by Giovanni Antonio Faldoni from a drawing by Antonio Daniele Bertoli. The library is one of the earliest surviving public manuscript depositories in Italy, holding one of the greatest collections of classical texts in the world. Equated with the Greek goddess Athena, Minerva was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic, and the inventor of music. Plate 'X' from the folio 'Delle Antiche statue greche e romane che, nell'antisala della libreria di San Marco e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia..' (100 plates total). Published by Antonio Maria Zanetti (1680 - 1757) in collaboration with his son.
BNF: FRBNF31681530.
[Ref: 21363]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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