Antique Print-GRAND MASTER-IRON CROWN-FRANCESCO I-P.70-Bottigella-Ferrario-1823

Medium: Line & aquatint etching with original hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 23.8 x 33.3 cm (9.37 x 13.11 inch). Image size: 15.3 x 22 cm. (6.02 x 8.66 inch).

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

GRAND MASTER-IRON CROWN-EMPEROR FRANCIS I-FRANCESCO I-ITALY-PL. 70 | PCO-A3F-20

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Il Costume Antico e Moderno …, ltaliani.’ , by Giulio Ferrario, published in Milan in 17 volumes (first issue), published sequentially between c. 1815/1816 until 1826 after first being issued in 143 weekly installments. This Italian languagee volume has the date 1823. The second issue was published in 21 volumes in 1827. The work appeared in Italian and French. Smaller size editions with smaller much less elaborate plates were published in Florence (1823-38), Naples (1831-42) and even a 16mo. editon in Livorno (1830). Original blindstamp at bottom right image. The sources used for this work are wide.

Biography artist: Giulio Ferrario was founder of the ‘Societa Tipografica de Classici Italiani’ and served as the director of the Braidense National Library in Milan, Italy. Artists that worked on this monumental work are: Gallo Gallina, D.K. Bonatti, A. Biasioli, L. Rossi, Paolo Fumagalli, Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816), G. Bigatti, C. Bramati, G. Gallo, C. Bottiglia, G. Castellini, Antonio Rancati (1784-1816), Vittorio Raineri, Sydney Parkinson, Castelli, A. Sanquirico (1777-1849), Angelo Monticelli (1778-1837), A.L. Rossins, Bottigella and others.