Antique prints and engravings
Lot 6429:
Mount Helicon by Caracciolo 1815
This rare etching is plate 193 from Liber Veritatis, published by Francesco Bourlie, Rome 1815, from the original drawing of Claudio di Lorena (aka Claude Lorrain).Plate 193 depicts Mount Helicon, crowned by a beautiful Temple and the Fountain Hippocrene flowing around its base. Apollo and the Muses are distributed on its acclivity. It is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper engraved by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, a landscapist and engraver. Signed and numbered at the bottom of the plate: Claudio di Lorena inv., L. Caracciolo F. Size: Plate: approximately 8.5in x 11in (21cm x 27 cm) Sheet: 10.5in x 12.5in (27cm x 31.5 cm)
Condition: Excellent condition – please review the images carefully
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