SET OF SIX RENAISSANCE FRIEZES HAND COLORED LITHOGRAPHS
SET OF SIX RENAISSANCE FRIEZES HAND COLORED LITHOGRAPHS

19TH CENTURY, PARIS, DE KAEPPELIN AFTER B. PECHEUX

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SET OF SIX RENAISSANCE FRIEZES HAND COLORED LITHOGRAPHS
19th Century, Paris, De Kaeppelin after B. Pecheux
Each with arabesque and ornaments from the Renaissance
Variations in size, the average 13 x 9in. (33 x 23cm.) (6)

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Details of Renaissance grotesque style ornament, revived in the Renaissance from frescoes by Raphael inspired by Roman ornament discovered in the Golden House of Nero. The Golden House was buried in the times of ancient Rome, and discovered and excavated during the Renaissance. Accordingly, it was first considered a grotto, and the ornamentation called grotesque meaning

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