Collection of Four Old Master Prints
Collection of Four Old Master Prints
including two copper engravings on laid paper by Claude Mellan (1598-1688), "Bust of Christ as Savior", ca. 1652, and "Christ as an Infant Surrounded by Cherubim", ca. 1662; an aquaforte by Paolo Farinati (1524-1606), "Multiplication of Bread and Fish", ca. 1603; and an etching by Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630), "Gideon Choosing His Soldiers", ca. 1590-1610.
Each print signed and inscribed in plate.
The first three unframed, the Farinati matted, glazed and framed.
Mellans 17-1/2" x 12-1/2" and 17-1/2" x 11-7/8"; Farinati 18-1/4" x 20-1/2"; Tempesta 28" x 12", framed 19-1/2" x 35-1/2"
Farinati 18-1/4" x 20-1/4"
Tempesta 28" x 12", framed 19-1/2" x 35-1/2"
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Collection of Four Old Master Prints
including two copper engravings on laid paper by Claude Mellan (1598-1688), "Bust of Christ as Savior", ca. 1652, and "Christ as an Infant Surrounded by Cherubim", ca. 1662; an aquaforte by Paolo Farinati (1524-1606), "Multiplication of Bread and Fish", ca. 1603; and an etching by Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630), "Gideon Choosing His Soldiers", ca. 1590-1610.
Each print signed and inscribed in plate.
The first three unframed, the Farinati matted, glazed and framed.
Mellans 17-1/2" x 12-1/2" and 17-1/2" x 11-7/8"; Farinati 18-1/4" x 20-1/2"; Tempesta 28" x 12", framed 19-1/2" x 35-1/2"
Farinati 18-1/4" x 20-1/4"
Tempesta 28" x 12", framed 19-1/2" x 35-1/2"