Joannes Bapta Piazzetta pinxit. Marcus Pitteri sculpsit IV.
[1742.]
Etching, 430 x 320mm (17 x 12½"). Horizontal centre crease.
St John the Evangelist writing with a quill. After Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682 - 1754), originally published in Venice in 1742 for a series of portraits of the Holy Family and Apostles. Venetian privilege below title ('Venetiis cum privilegio Excellentiss. Senatus') has been erased.
[Ref: 11341]  £260.00