Ventes live - Lot 92
[French]
Fresco of the Villa del Pigneto.
1668
€ 200 / 300
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Description du lot
Etching and engraving, 54,1 x 31,0 cm, laid paper with unidentified watermark, signed and dated "Petrus Ber(re)ttini Corto(na) in(venit) et pinx(it). G Audran fecit Romae. Cum privilegio Summi Pontif. 1668." (trimmed inside platemark at top, flattened horizontal fold, few wormholes, sm. tear at upper edge, hinges still present on verso).
Good impression with mostly wide margins. Large impressive etching.
Central plate from a set of 3 by Gérard Audran (1640-1703) depicting the lost ceiling painting by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669) in the Villa del Pigneto (aka Villa Sacchetti) in Rome.
Ref. IFF 17e I.140-141.88