Martyrdom of St Dorothea of Caesarea Copper Intaglio Engraving c1600

Raffaellino da Reggio & Mattaeus Greuter.

Verlag: Rome, Italy., 1600

Beschreibung

Martyrdom of St Dorothy This very scarce copper engraving dating to the second half of the 16th century/early 17th century. From the original painting by Rafaellino da Reggio who died in 1578 at the age of only 28. This slightly later copper engraving and done we believe by Mattaeus Greuter (various spellings) in about 1580-1610 depicts the little known Catholic story of St Dorothy before being martyred. Condition: Trimmed close on all 4 sides but especially to the right hand side where no border is visible for most of its length. Small half-moon repair to edge at base line, some old repairs (small) to reverse and some age spotting or "rust spots", small closed nick to right hand edge but no loss to image and no stains. Measures 40 x 30 cm. Laid paper with a watermark of a small "cherub"? in rectangle box, looks like. Rare. Guaranteed late 16th-early 17th century. *See Marco Simone Bolzoni. Page 172 Volume 4 "Master Drawings" 2016. The Wellcome library has one example in their excellent medical library. Not Framed or glazed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A269

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Martyrdom of St Dorothea of Caesarea Copper ...

Verlag: Rome, Italy.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1600

Einband: No Binding

Illustrator: Raffaellino da Reggio

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: Limited Edition