Page 81 - Swann Galleries - Old Master Through Modern Prints - Sale 2312 - May 1, 2013
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VESPASIANO STRADA
Ecce Homo: Smaller Plate
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Etching, early 1600s. 141x190 mm; 5
1
/
2
x7
1
/
2
inches, with thread margins outside the border
line. A very good impression of this extremely scarce etching.
We have not found another impression at auction in the past 25 years.
Strada (1582-1622), born of Spanish parentage in Italy, was chiefly a fresco painter active
at Sant’ Onofrio and Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio in Rome. Bartsch 2.
[1,000/1,500]
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SIMONE CANTARINI
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
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Etching, circa 1640. 174x263 mm; 6
7
/
8
x10
1
/
2
inches. Small crowned coat-of-arms
watermark.Trimmed on the plate mark, with narrow to thread margins outside the border
line.A brilliant, early impression showing all the subtle tonal variations between the darker
foreground and lighter background. Bartsch 6.
[1,200/1,800]
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