Antique Print-PORTRAIT-LEONARDO DA VINCI-Posselwhite-Morghen-c1850

Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian painter.

Made by James Posselwhite after Raffaello Sanzio Morghen.

Medium: Engraving on wove (velin) paper.

Sheet size: 15.9 x 21.6 cm (6.26 x 8.5 inch). Image size: 10.3 x 13.7 cm. (4.06 x 5.39 inch).

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

PORTRAIT-LEONARDO DA VINCI | PCO-C46-38

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: James Posselwhite (1798-1884) was a nineteenth-century line and stipple engraver. He specialised in genre scenes, but also produced portrait engravings.

Biography artist: Raffaello Morghen (1758-1833) was an Italian engraver. He was born in Naples, apparently to a German family of engravers. He received his earliest instructions from his father, himself an engraver; but, to obtain more advanced training, he was placed as a pupil under the celebrated Giovanni Volpato.