Lot 17040: GB Passeri - Plate 201 Engraving of Etruscan vase 1768
This engraving, by Giovanni Battista Passeri, is from Picturae Etruscorum in Vasculis or Etruscan Paintings on Vases. Published by Venanzio Monaldini, Rome 1768.
The work is exceptionally rare and was one of a number published in the eighteenth century which saw the Etruscans as pioneers, artists and inventors whose achievements were overshadowed by the Romans.
These superb engravings are from an influential three volume publication illustrating 249 vases from important collections all over Italy. Many of these vases were housed in the Galleria Clementina of the Vatican Library. Sadly, many of the vases illustrated in this work have been lost, making this Italian vase collection by Passeri not just beautiful, but illustrations of lost artifacts gone forever.
Passeri was born in Rome and came to be the antiquary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Many of Passeri’s drawings and paintings are in Museums around the world including the National Gallery of Ireland and the British Museum.
Size: approx 10.5in x 17.5in (26cm x 44.5cm).
Condition report:
Excellent but please check images for any age-related marks
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