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The Battle of the Amazons

Vico, Enea (1541-1567, Italian) after Raphael (1483-1520, Italian) or Romano, Giulio (1499-1546, Italian)

Engraving on laid paper

Enea Vico, The Battle of the Amazons

Enea Vico
The Battle of the Amazons

Description

Date: 1543                
Medium: Engraving  on laid paper
Dimensions: 209 x 281 mm. 8 1/2 x 11 in.                                
Reference: Bartsch 14, only state
Provenance: Fragmentary, unidentified collector's mark upper right corner verso; Emile Galichon (1829-1875, Paris); Dr. C.D. Ginsburg (1831-1914, England); J.P. Heseltine (b. 1843, London); 1987 to David Tunick, Inc.
Impression: Exceptionally rich
Condition: Close to perfect; plate is oval-printed on a rectangular sheet; some light foxing and spots in the outermost top margin recto; a charcoal sketch verso of a shield or a crest, black chalk scribbles in the wide margins recto