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

The Visitation

Fermé10 December 2019

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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.

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

Note du spécialiste

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.