[Frankfurt am Main: Matthaus Merian, 1645.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, split in lower centre fold, creasing, spot in sky.
A view of the formal pleasure garden at Nancy. In the foreground a game of 'Pallone col bracciale' is being played: the players have a 'bracciale' (a wooden cylinder), on their forearms to hit a 'pallone' (inflated ball, the origin of the English word 'balloon'). In the middle, holding the pallone, is the 'mandarino', a server who plays no other part of the game.
[Ref: 58518] £260.00
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, split in lower centre fold, creasing, spot in sky.
A view of the formal pleasure garden at Nancy. In the foreground a game of 'Pallone col bracciale' is being played: the players have a 'bracciale' (a wooden cylinder), on their forearms to hit a 'pallone' (inflated ball, the origin of the English word 'balloon'). In the middle, holding the pallone, is the 'mandarino', a server who plays no other part of the game.
[Ref: 58518] £260.00