RENÉ BOYVIN (CIRCA 1525 - CIRCA 1625) AFTER ROSSO FIORENTINO (1494-1540)
The Catanian Twins (Amphinomos and Anapias carrying their Parents from the City of Catania)
engraving, circa 1545-1555, on laid paper, watermark Bunch of Grapes and an indistinct countermark, a good impression of the first state (of two) of this rare print, beginning to show some oxidation marks in the plate at upper right but before the publisher Augustin Quesnel's address, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, a vertical printer's crease across the right, in very good condition
Sheet 435 x 319 mm.
RENÉ BOYVIN (CIRCA 1525 - CIRCA 1625) AFTER ROSSO FIORENTINO (1494-1540)
The Catanian Twins (Amphinomos and Anapias carrying their Parents from the City of Catania)
engraving, circa 1545-1555, on laid paper, watermark Bunch of Grapes and an indistinct countermark, a good impression of the first state (of two) of this rare print, beginning to show some oxidation marks in the plate at upper right but before the publisher Augustin Quesnel's address, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, a vertical printer's crease across the right, in very good condition
Sheet 435 x 319 mm.
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