Lot Essay
Bartsch 66 (Bellini & Wallace .085) is not, in the opinion of Bellini and Wallace, by Salvator Rosa.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)
The etched Work (B. XX, 1-7, 11-20, 23-77, 79-86; Bellini & Wallace, Illustrated Bartsch 1-7, 11, 13-21, 24-6, 29-34, 36, 41, 44-7, 49-50, 52-3, 55-7, 59-61, 64, 66-75, 77-80, 82-4, 85-91, 93-7, 99-104, 106-7)
Details
Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)
The etched Work (B. XX, 1-7, 11-20, 23-77, 79-86; Bellini & Wallace, Illustrated Bartsch 1-7, 11, 13-21, 24-6, 29-34, 36, 41, 44-7, 49-50, 52-3, 55-7, 59-61, 64, 66-75, 77-80, 82-4, 85-91, 93-7, 99-104, 106-7)
etchings with drypoint, circa 1660, 80 plates, lacking only six plates from the sequence of prints described by Bartsch (B. 8-10, 21-2, and 78), including one from the Figurine series (replaced by a copy), the rest of his oeuvre recorded by Bellini & Wallace being very rare and not published in this edition, final or only states, fine to good impressions, most plates with watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys, the Figurine and Tritons series printed four to two joined sheets, with margins, B. 4 with a small defect at the upper right, B. 68 with pencil markings, the sheets with occasional surface dirt or discolouration, generally in very good condition, stitched at the left sheet edge, in contemporary Seventeenth Century boards(album)
overall S. 590 x 440mm.
The etched Work (B. XX, 1-7, 11-20, 23-77, 79-86; Bellini & Wallace, Illustrated Bartsch 1-7, 11, 13-21, 24-6, 29-34, 36, 41, 44-7, 49-50, 52-3, 55-7, 59-61, 64, 66-75, 77-80, 82-4, 85-91, 93-7, 99-104, 106-7)
etchings with drypoint, circa 1660, 80 plates, lacking only six plates from the sequence of prints described by Bartsch (B. 8-10, 21-2, and 78), including one from the Figurine series (replaced by a copy), the rest of his oeuvre recorded by Bellini & Wallace being very rare and not published in this edition, final or only states, fine to good impressions, most plates with watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys, the Figurine and Tritons series printed four to two joined sheets, with margins, B. 4 with a small defect at the upper right, B. 68 with pencil markings, the sheets with occasional surface dirt or discolouration, generally in very good condition, stitched at the left sheet edge, in contemporary Seventeenth Century boards(album)
overall S. 590 x 440mm.