Print Description
Original antique print showing a portrait of Ascanio Filomarino (1583 – 1666), an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, who was Archbishop of Naples from 1641 to 1666.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laind (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 17 x 24.5 cm (6.69 x 9.65 inch). Image size: 13.5 x 17.5 cm. (5.31 x 6.89 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Some browning of paper and small spots in hte margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ASCANIO FILOMARINO-ARCHBISHOP-PORTRAIT | PCO-A17-27
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: Scena d’huomini illustri d’Italia (Scene of illustrious men of Italy), by Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato, 1658.
Biography engraver: Giacomo Piccini (c.1619-1660), Italian portrait engraver active in Venice, brother of the engraver Guglielmo and father of Isabella.
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