Lot Essay
The engraving is after a fresco by Perino del Vaga in Palazzo Doria, Genoa, which is generally dated to 1531-1533.
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Jupiter defeating the Giants
Details
ATTRIBUTED TO GIROLAMO FACCIOLI (1530-1573) AFTER PERINO DEL VAGA (1500-1547)
Jupiter defeating the Giants
engraving, circa 1531-47, on laid paper, watermark Anchor in a single Circle (similar to Briquet 471, Prague 1527, probably of Venetian origin), a very good impression of the first state (of two), before Lafreri's address, trimmed to or fractionally into the subject on three sides, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline below, a hard vertical central fold, a brown stain on the lower right, a backed tear at upper left, another at upper right, a backed paper split at lower right, other smaller defects and repairs
Sheet 338 x 574 mm.
Jupiter defeating the Giants
engraving, circa 1531-47, on laid paper, watermark Anchor in a single Circle (similar to Briquet 471, Prague 1527, probably of Venetian origin), a very good impression of the first state (of two), before Lafreri's address, trimmed to or fractionally into the subject on three sides, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline below, a hard vertical central fold, a brown stain on the lower right, a backed tear at upper left, another at upper right, a backed paper split at lower right, other smaller defects and repairs
Sheet 338 x 574 mm.
Literature
Bartsch XV.45.16
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