Antique Master Print-BATTLE-HORSE ATTACK-PLATE-27-Palmieri-Cunningham-1760

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

Sheet size: 25.6 x 18.1 cm (10.08 x 7.13 inch). Image size: 17 x 12.2 cm. (6.69 x 4.8 inch).

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

PIETRO PALMIERI, EDWARD FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM, FRANCESCO CALZA, BATTLE ETCHING, ITALIAN PRINT, CAVALRY, MOUNTED COMBAT, 18TH CENTURY, BOLOGNA | PCO-EXPO-ITALIAN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Plate 27 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: Brescia, Musei Civici di Arte e Storia, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo; R. D’Adda, 2002.

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: Edward Francis Cunningham (c.1742-1795), Scottish-born painter who adopted the name Francesco Calza in Italy. Studied in Parma, Rome, Venice, and Paris. Known for portraits and some historical works, he worked across Europe, including Russia and Berlin, before dying in poverty in London.