Antique Master Print-BATTLE-SCENE-HORSE SKIMMISH-PLATE-20-Palmieri-Simonini-1760

Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24.7 x 18.1 cm (9.72 x 7.13 inch). Image size: 17 x 11.9 cm. (6.69 x 4.69 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SIMONINI, PALMIERI, GUIDOTTI, BATTLE ETCHING, ITALIAN PRINT, 18TH CENTURY, MILITARY ART, BOLOGNA | PCO-EXPO-ITALIAN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Plate 20 from “Scielta di battaglie / inventate, e disegnate da Francesco Antonio Simonini, e da altri celebri autori per uso de pittori, e dilettanti, fatte incidere ; dedicate al nobilissimo Sig. Marchese Carlo Armando Monti.” (Choice of invented battles, drawn by Francesco Antonio Simonini, and by other famous authors…), published by Luigi Guidotti in 1760 in Bologna. See: G. Lise, La fortuna di Francesco Simonini nell’incisione, Rassegna di Studi e Notizie, 1974.

Reference: Cf. Monza, Musei Civici, Gabinetto delle Stampe; catalogued by Elisa Viani (2010).

Biography engraver: Pietro Palmieri (1737-1804), also known as Palmieri il Vecchio, was an Italian painter and printmaker born in Bologna. Active in Parma, Paris, and later in Turin, where he died. His etchings often reproduce works of earlier masters, including battle scenes after Antonio Tempesta. He was part of the Emilian school and is known for his clear, elegant line and dynamic compositions.

Biography artist: Francesco Antonio Simonini (1686-c.1753), Italian painter and draughtsman, specialized in battle scenes. Active mainly in Florence, Bologna, and Northern Italy. Known for energetic compositions of cavalry clashes.