Print Description
A guardian angel walking hand in hand with a young child.
Made by Cantarini Simone after Guido Reni.
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 19.9 x 25.9 cm (7.83 x 10.2 inch). Image size: 13.7 x 18.5 cm. (5.39 x 7.28 inch).
Condition: good, given age. With damp stains at left middle, which we can romove on request. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
GUARDIAN-ANGEL-CHILD | PCO-E17-33
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Simone Cantarini or Simone da Pesaro, called il Pesarese (Baptized on 21 August 1612 – 15 October 1648) was an Italian painter and etcher. He is known mainly for his history paintings and portraits executed in an original style, which united aspects of Bolognese classicism with a bold naturalism. Cantarini was also an etcher who achieved extraordinary delicacy and a vibrant and luminous quality in his graphic work.
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