BARTOLOMEO CORIOLANO (AFTER GUIDO RENI) The Fall of the Giants.
BARTOLOMEO CORIOLANO (AFTER GUIDO RENI)
The Fall of the Giants.
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed on 4 joined sheets in dark brown, light brown and tan, 1641. 873x616 mm; 34½x24¼ inches (overall), small margins. Second state (of 2). Lily in a single-circle watermark (which dates from the mid-1600s). A very good impression of this large, extremely scarce woodcut with strong colors.
A scarce, important woodcut; we have found only five other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 12.
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BARTOLOMEO CORIOLANO (AFTER GUIDO RENI)
The Fall of the Giants.
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed on 4 joined sheets in dark brown, light brown and tan, 1641. 873x616 mm; 34½x24¼ inches (overall), small margins. Second state (of 2). Lily in a single-circle watermark (which dates from the mid-1600s). A very good impression of this large, extremely scarce woodcut with strong colors.
A scarce, important woodcut; we have found only five other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 12.
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