Antique Master Print-JUPITER-JUNON-MERCURE-NO.35-Prestel-Caravaggio-1777

Medium: Etching, Aquatint, and Woodcut in brown ink (printdrawing) on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 43.1 x 32.3 cm (16.97 x 12.72 inch). Image size: 38 x 28 cm. (14.96 x 11.02 inch).

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

JUPITER, JUNO, MERCURY, MYTHOLOGY, CLASSICAL GODS, MARIE CATHERINE PRESTEL, POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO, AQUATINT, ETCHING, BROWN INK, 18TH CENTURY PRINTS | EXPO-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published as part of a series, possibly commissioned in France or Germany.

Reference: Le Blanc III.247.4 (copy).

Biography engraver: Maria Katharina Prestel (1747-1794) worked together with her husband Johann Gottlieb Prestel (1742-1808) on several collections of printdrawings. They reached a very high quality in their prints. .

Biography artist: Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499?1543) was an Italian Renaissance painter known for his dramatic depictions of religious and mythological subjects.