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Giovanni Battista FRANCO (Venice, ca. 1510-1561) St. Jerome in solitude c. 1555. Etching and Burin, 888 x 485 mm (photo: detail). Bartsch 38; T.I.B. 38. Extremely rare.

One of the most impressive etchings in the second half of the 16th century “(The Genius of Venice, 1500-1600, edited by J. Martineau and C. Hope, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1983, p. -347
Origin/source: Friedrich August II (1797-1854), King of Saxony, Dresden (Lugt 971) : Friedrich August II (1797-1854), King of Saxony, Dresden (Lugt 971)

Giovanni Battista PIRANESI, (1720 – 1778), Rear View of the remains of the pronaos of the Temple of Neptune – 1778, Etching, 495 x 670 mm. Focillon 596.

Exceptional proof print of a state not described before the letters of reference in the engraving and before the letterpress.

 

Jacques BELLANGE, (1575 ? – 1616), Diane and Orion – 1595/1616
Etching and chisel, 470 x 205 mm. Walch 10, 3rd state / 3.