Virgin Crowned by Two Angels Etching
by Cantarini, Simone
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- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
1639. Virgin Crowned by Two Angels-- Etching by Simone Cantarini circa 1639, 5.5 x 8.125 inches.
Etching on a thick cream paper with minor soiling. Framers tape on verso at head and foot. Two very small cuts at top edge. Paper thinned in several areas: not affecting print. Very Good Condition.
Etching by Simone Cantarini (1612-1648) titled "Virgin Crowned by Two Angels. Cantarini was an Italian painter and etcher. He was known for his paintings of historical subjects while his etchings "achieved extraordinary delicacy and a vibrant and luminous quality in his graphic work." (Marina Garofoli. "Cantarini, Simone." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press).
This etching portrays two angels holding a crown over the Virgins head with three more cherub figures near her feet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art dates their copy of this etching to 1639.
Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch included this Cantarini etching in his 21-volume treatise " Le Peintre Graveur" published between 1803 and 1821.
Etching on a thick cream paper with minor soiling. Framers tape on verso at head and foot. Two very small cuts at top edge. Paper thinned in several areas: not affecting print. Very Good Condition.
Etching by Simone Cantarini (1612-1648) titled "Virgin Crowned by Two Angels. Cantarini was an Italian painter and etcher. He was known for his paintings of historical subjects while his etchings "achieved extraordinary delicacy and a vibrant and luminous quality in his graphic work." (Marina Garofoli. "Cantarini, Simone." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press).
This etching portrays two angels holding a crown over the Virgins head with three more cherub figures near her feet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art dates their copy of this etching to 1639.
Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch included this Cantarini etching in his 21-volume treatise " Le Peintre Graveur" published between 1803 and 1821.
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- Seller
- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 790
- Title
- Virgin Crowned by Two Angels Etching
- Author
- Cantarini, Simone
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1639
- Keywords
- 17th century etching Fine art Simone Cantarini
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Moab, Utah
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