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[Woman cupping her chin in one hand.] II. Felcibus sub Asupicüs Clarissimę Matronę Venetę Justinianę de Maurocenis Gradonię.
Jo. Bapta Piazzetta delineavit. Joannes Cattini Sculptor Venetus.
[Venice: Pasquali Press, c.1754.]
Rare etching, 445 x 335mm (17½ x 13¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate in several places, small tear on right on fold.
Portrait of a young woman, probably from the powerful Venetian noble family, Morosini. The second 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: 65593] £390.00
[Venice: Pasquali Press, c.1754.]
Rare etching, 445 x 335mm (17½ x 13¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate in several places, small tear on right on fold.
Portrait of a young woman, probably from the powerful Venetian noble family, Morosini. The second 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: 65593] £390.00