Caryatid

Reference: S42068
Author Giulio Cesare VENENTI
Year: 1670 ca.
Measures: 185 x 375 mm
€550.00

Reference: S42068
Author Giulio Cesare VENENTI
Year: 1670 ca.
Measures: 185 x 375 mm
€550.00

Description

Etching, ca. 1670, monogrammed in plate at lower left.

From a subject by Annibale Carracci.

Good proof, impressed on virgin paper without watermark, with thin margins, slight stain in lower left corner, otherwise in good condition.

Giulio Cesare Venenti (1609–1697) was an Italian engraver of the Baroque period. He was born in Bologna, where he first apprenticed under Francesco Brizio and Reni. He is best known for engravings of painters of Northern Italy including Parmigianino, Domenico Maria Canuti, and Annibale Carracci, including his landscapes.

A very rare work.

Bibliografia

Nagler, Die Monogrammisten: und diejenigen bekannten und unbekannten Künstler aller, p. 999, n. 2829, 6; cfr. S. Ferrara, Incisori bolognesi ed emiliani del sec. XVI, 1975, nn. 856-8.

Giulio Cesare VENENTI (Bologna 1609 - 1697)

Giulio Cesare Venenti (1609–1697) was an Italian engraver of the Baroque period. He was born in Bologna, where he first apprenticed under Francesco Brizio and Reni. He is best known for engravings of painters of Northern Italy including Parmigianino, Domenico Maria Canuti, and Annibale Carracci, including his landscapes.

Giulio Cesare VENENTI (Bologna 1609 - 1697)

Giulio Cesare Venenti (1609–1697) was an Italian engraver of the Baroque period. He was born in Bologna, where he first apprenticed under Francesco Brizio and Reni. He is best known for engravings of painters of Northern Italy including Parmigianino, Domenico Maria Canuti, and Annibale Carracci, including his landscapes.