FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI 1728-1815 d'après Le Guerchin J. BOYDELL LONDON 1764

FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI d'après Le Guerchin

FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI d'après Le Guerchin Breast portrait of a young man. The youth stands in half profile to the left and turns his head to the right. He wears the Italian fashion of the early baroque with a fur-trimmed cape. In the lower left corner is the name of the creator of the composition Guercino (1591-1666). In the lower right corner is the printed signature of the engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1728-1815). From a series published by John Boydell in London in 1764 with etchings based on compositions by Guercino, which were created by various engravers. De Vesme and Calabi 2174. On laid paper with watermark: crowned coat of arms with a lily and appendix indistinct letters. With a circumferential plate edge. Somewhat stained. Somewhat foxed. Lightly tanned. Verso small assembly remains in the two upper corners. Fine impression. Papersize 323 x 266 mm Plate Dimensions 252 x 197 mm cf. SAUR BBI, SAUR AKL, Th-B., Nagler, Le Blanc, Heller-Andresen cf. BRITISH MUSEUM cf. THE MET MUSEUM NYC cf. CHRISTIE'S SALE