[OLD MASTER PRINT] – BISCAINO, B. (Bartolomeo) (ca. 1632-1657) (attributed). (The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist).
Description
Oval engraving (printed in brown ink). Ca. 24,5 x 18 cm. (leaf). Behind passepartout.
Footnote
¶ Cf. Le Blanc IV, pp. 346-348. Very rare 17th-cent. engraving attributed to the Italian painter & print-maker Bartolomeo Biscaino (ca. 1632-1657) depicting Saint Joseph, Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin), the Christ Child & the Infant Saint John the Baptist. With SIGNATURE “Biscaino” in black ink on verso. – Outer blank margins partly cropped to the borderline (sl. touching the image), sl. foxed/ browned, but nevertheless in good condition.
Reserve
Time, Location
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Description
Oval engraving (printed in brown ink). Ca. 24,5 x 18 cm. (leaf). Behind passepartout.
Footnote
¶ Cf. Le Blanc IV, pp. 346-348. Very rare 17th-cent. engraving attributed to the Italian painter & print-maker Bartolomeo Biscaino (ca. 1632-1657) depicting Saint Joseph, Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin), the Christ Child & the Infant Saint John the Baptist. With SIGNATURE “Biscaino” in black ink on verso. – Outer blank margins partly cropped to the borderline (sl. touching the image), sl. foxed/ browned, but nevertheless in good condition.