Antique Print-ANTONIO DE FERRARIS-GALATEO-PORTRAIT-Meil-1770

Original antique print showing a medallion with a portrait of Antonio de Ferraris (c. 1444 – 1517), also known by his epithet Galateo, an Italian scholar, academic, doctor and humanist, of Greek descent. On the right a medallion with a Greco/Roman classical scene.

Made by Johannes Wilhelm Meil after Anonymous.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 23.5 x 16.3 cm (9.25 x 6.42 inch). Image size: 14 x 7 cm. (5.51 x 2.76 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some browning of paper with a few small spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANTONIO DE FERRARIS-GALATEO-PORTRAIT | PCO-A17-23

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published c. 1770.

Biography engraver: Johann Wilhem Meil (1733-1805) was a German printmaker and illustrator.