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[A man with long hair drawing on a block with a pair of dividers.] XI. Excellentissimo Petro Zen P.V. in obsequentis animi officium D.D.D.
Jo. Bapta Piazzetta delineavit. Joannes Cattini Sculptor Venetus.
[Venice: Pasquali Press, c.1754.]
Etching, 445 x 335mm (17½ x 13¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Narrow margins, tear taped. Central margin right.
The ninth 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 1951,0714.241.
[Ref: 65596] £480.00
[Venice: Pasquali Press, c.1754.]
Etching, 445 x 335mm (17½ x 13¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Narrow margins, tear taped. Central margin right.
The ninth 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 1951,0714.241.
[Ref: 65596] £480.00