ID 887640
Lot 51 | GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA BERTANI (1516-1576)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
The Judgment of Paris
engraving, 1555, on laid paper, without watermark, a brilliant, tonal impression of the very rare second state (of three), printing richly and darkly, with intense contrasts and remarkable three-dimensionality, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, fractionally inside the subject at centre left and upper corners, several repaired tears, paper splits and other defects
Sheet 396 x 526 mm.
Provenance
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (Lugt 2364), his mark on separate paper square attached to the mount.
Arthur Melville Champernowne (1871-1946), Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon (Lugt 153).
A Family Collection, USA; probably acquired at Bassenge, Berlin, in 1979.
Literature
Bartsch 60; Lewis & Lewis 16
| Artist: | Giorgio Ghisi (1520 - 1582) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Artist: | Giorgio Ghisi (1520 - 1582) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
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