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Mantegna, Andrea

Galeriae farnesianae Icones Romae in Aedibus Sereniss. Ducis Parmensis ab Annibale Carraccio, 1674

Estimate

€ 1.200 - 1.400

Sold

€ 4.344

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Information

Rome, Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1674. In 2nd. 495 x 340 mm. Series of 25 numbered burin plates, accompanied by verses by Giovanni Pietro Bellori reproducing the Palazzo Farnese gallery and preceded by four unnumbered plates consisting of: frontispiece, dedication, allegory with Annibale Carracci who improves fortunes of painting and funeral monument to Annibale Carracci, slight marginal foxing. Tied with. Robert van Audenaerd. C. Iulii Caesaris dictatoris triumphi de Gallia, Aegypto, Ponto, Africa, Hispania. Rome, Domenico de Rossi, 1692. Series of 10 prints, etching and engraving, including the title page, with progressive numbering, reproducing the cycle of paintings by Mantegna "The Triumph of Julius Caesar", created for the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, < span style="background-color: hsl(var(--bs-white)); color: hsl(var(--bs-gray)); font-size: var(--bs-body-font-size) ; text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">edica to Cardinal Bandino Panciatici, uniformly browned paper. Beautiful coeval binding in blond calfskin with double frame with triple fillet on the plates, geometric decorative elements, spine with 7 raised bands with gilded squares and gold title on the upper compartment, peeling and defects, worn upper cap. 

Specialist Notes

I work: valuable series of prints depicting earthly love represented through the most famous myths of pagan antiquity.
II work: The complete series reproducing the Triumphs of Andrea Mantegna, paintings for Francesco II Gonzaga and purchased in 1629 by Charles I of England for the residence of Hampton Court.

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