Ioh: Winkelmann. Ioh: Casanova Ad Vivum Del.
Bartholo: Folin. inc: [Italian/Continental, n.d. c.1780.] Engraving, c.160 x 105mm. 6¼ x 4". Trimmed on 3 sides. Portrait of Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768), German art historian and archaeologist, from a sculpted bust by Casanova. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art, and also played a crucial role in the development of the discipline of art history. By Bartolomeo Follin (Italian, b.1730).
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