Description: After ANNIBALE CARRACI (Italian, 1560-1609) Hercules and Iole Original engraving by CARLO CESIO (1622-1682), after the fresco painting by Carracci and the drawing/design by Arnoldo Van Westerhout (1651-1725). Fully signed and inscribed at the bottom. The plate is number 5 from the impressive folio publication "Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma del Sereniss Duca di Parma etc dipinta da Annibale Carracci intagliata del Carlo Cesio." [I show the impressive title page in my last photo] Good condition. 300 years old! A little bit of handling creasing on left blank margin but nothing major. Printed on thick "laid" paper, circa 1700-1720. Platemark intact, with adequate margins beyond. Size of the image (platemark area) is 23 x 22 cms. Good size. Carlo Cesio was an Italian painter/etcher who lived from 1622-1682. Born at Antrodoco, Rieti, he was a pupil of Pietro Da Cortona in Rome. Online museum reference: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam RP-P-OB. 35.914 Literature:Bartsch 25Illustrated Bartsch, 25 1(3) Further reading (in Italian): Calvesi, M (ed) Carlo Cesio pittore e incisiore del seicento tra ambiente cortonesco e classicismo marattiano. Antrodoco, 1987.
Price: 59.99 GBP
Location: Wadhurst
End Time: 2023-11-30T09:36:37.000Z
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Artist: Annibale Carracci/Carlo Cesio
Originality: Original
Signed By: Carlo Cesio
Image Orientation: Portrait
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Period: Baroque/Roccoco (1600-1770)
Title: Hercules and Iole
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Region of Origin: Italy
Print Surface: Paper
Subject: Old Master, Mythology, Religious
Colour: Monochrome
Type: Print
Medium: Engraving
Style: Old Master Print, Classical
Theme: Art, Historical, Mythology
Production Technique: Etching
Time Period Produced: Pre-1700
