Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20.4 x 16.4 cm (8.03 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 9.5 x 12.5 cm. (3.74 x 4.92 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Minor age-related wear and slight staining in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
AGOSTINO CARRACCI, LUCA CIAMBERLANO, OLD MAN, BEARD, PROFILE PORTRAIT, HEAD STUDY, DRAWING MODEL, ACADEMIC STUDY, NIEUT TEECKEN BOECK, DUTCH ENGRAVING | PCO-C22-01
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: ‘Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. Allen zoo veele studiën van Silvestre, Perelle, Quinault, Du Moulin, Della Bella, Zaftleven, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Nolpe, Vermeulen, Visscher en Schenk (…)’. Published by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1810. The publication assembles studies after celebrated seventeenth-century masters intended for artistic training. .
State: Extremely rare ed./restrike from original seventeenth-century copperplate.
Reference: Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.
Biography engraver: Luca Ciamberlano (1580–1641) was an Italian engraver and painter active in Rome. He produced reproductive engravings after leading Italian masters and became known for highly accomplished academic figure studies.
Biography artist: Agostino Carracci (1557–1602) was an Italian painter, engraver and teacher of the Bolognese School. Together with Annibale and Ludovico Carracci he founded the Accademia degli Incamminati and profoundly influenced Baroque art and academic drawing practice.
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