Tempest Inv: Johannes Smith Anglius Fec: 1702.
In Londra. L'Anno 1702.
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 195 x 250 (7¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, laid on 18th century album paper.
A nude winged female, reclining on a cloud on the right, holds a trumpet and a shield with the coat of arms of the Duke of Bedford with the motto 'Che sara sara'. Beneath a monument are three cherubs: one holds a book and sings; another plays a violin; and a third plays a cello with a book of music on the ground before him. The frontispiece to a book of chamber music by Nicolo Cosimi (1660-1717), who worked for Wriothesley Russell (1680-1711), Duke of Bedford, in England 1701-5, dedicating this book to him.
[Ref: 62800] £380.00
In Londra. L'Anno 1702.
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 195 x 250 (7¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, laid on 18th century album paper.
A nude winged female, reclining on a cloud on the right, holds a trumpet and a shield with the coat of arms of the Duke of Bedford with the motto 'Che sara sara'. Beneath a monument are three cherubs: one holds a book and sings; another plays a violin; and a third plays a cello with a book of music on the ground before him. The frontispiece to a book of chamber music by Nicolo Cosimi (1660-1717), who worked for Wriothesley Russell (1680-1711), Duke of Bedford, in England 1701-5, dedicating this book to him.
[Ref: 62800] £380.00