The Philosopher Diogenes searching for an honest Man (B. XXI, 34, 21; Percy E15)
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1616-1670)
The Philosopher Diogenes searching for an honest Man (B. XXI, 34, 21; Percy E15)
etching with drypoint, circa 1646, second (final) state, a very good impression, watermark Name of Jesus, trimmed to just outside the borderline, a central vertical tear (backed), a small stain at the left edge, other minor defects, backed, S. 216 x 306mm.; a copy in reverse after G.B. Castiglione (cf. B. 27); A Bacchanal with two Fauns and Children carrying the drunken Silenus (B. 2 iv/iv) and Bacchanal with Altar, Faun and Silenus both by G.A. Podesta (B. 3 i/iii) (4)
The Philosopher Diogenes searching for an honest Man (B. XXI, 34, 21; Percy E15)
etching with drypoint, circa 1646, second (final) state, a very good impression, watermark Name of Jesus, trimmed to just outside the borderline, a central vertical tear (backed), a small stain at the left edge, other minor defects, backed, S. 216 x 306mm.; a copy in reverse after G.B. Castiglione (cf. B. 27); A Bacchanal with two Fauns and Children carrying the drunken Silenus (B. 2 iv/iv) and Bacchanal with Altar, Faun and Silenus both by G.A. Podesta (B. 3 i/iii) (4)