GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER FRANCESCO SALVIATI (1510-1563)

The Visitation

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GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER FRANCESCO SALVIATI (1510-1563)
The Visitation
engraving, circa 1540-50, on laid paper, watermark Pilgrim in a single Circle with Star (L. & L. 55, Briquet 7578, Pisa, 1573), a very good impression of the fourth state (of six), with small to narrow margins, partially trimmed on the platemark at left, in very good condition
Plate 322 x 502 mm., Sheet 325 x 504 mm.

Provenance

Unidentified (Lugt 896).
With Somerville & Simpson, London.
Acquired from the above, on 30 December 1977.

Literature

Lewis & Lewis 10

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Lot Essay

The engraving is based on Francesco Salviati's fresco at the Oratorio di San Giovanni Decollato in Rome. There is also a compositional study by Salviati at the British Museum, with the arrangement of the figures already largely established.

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