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[Man resting his head in one hand.] I. Excellentissimo Bernardo Nani P.V. in obsequentis animi monumentum D.D.D.
Jo. Baptista Piazzetta delineavit. Joannes Cattini Sculptor Venetus.
[Venice: Pasquali Press, c.1754.]
Rare etching, 445 x 335mm (17½ x 13¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Narrow margin lower right.
Portrait of Venetian politician and art collector Bernardo Nani (1712-61) in contemplation. The first of 14 portraits in the series 'Icones ad vivum expressae', engraved by Giovanni Cattini after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. The first edition was published by the Pasquali Press in 1743, who reprinted them in 1754 with Latin numerals on each portrait (as this example), and again in 1763; in 1767 they were republished by Teodoro Viero with a new publication line.
BM 1951,0714.243.
[Ref: 65592] £390.00
[Venice: Pasquali Press, c.1754.]
Rare etching, 445 x 335mm (17½ x 13¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Narrow margin lower right.
Portrait of Venetian politician and art collector Bernardo Nani (1712-61) in contemplation. The first of 14 portraits in the series 'Icones ad vivum expressae', engraved by Giovanni Cattini after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. The first edition was published by the Pasquali Press in 1743, who reprinted them in 1754 with Latin numerals on each portrait (as this example), and again in 1763; in 1767 they were republished by Teodoro Viero with a new publication line.
BM 1951,0714.243.
[Ref: 65592] £390.00