Accession number
PML 55623, plate 116
Creator
Reverdy, Georges, active 1529-1561, engraver.
Published
Rome : Ant. Lafreri, 1570.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
Title from Bartsch.
Engraving numbered "I" and signed within plate with monogram "CER"; lettered with publication line: Romae Ant. Lafreri MDLXX.
Evidently issued by publisher Lafrery as part of suite of 17 prints on 12 sheets of dancing putti and foliate designs, the set corresponding to the entry "Libro de fresi et fogliami" in Lafrery's stocklist of 1573. Cf. Miller.
Comprises plate 116 of an album of 16th century Italian engravings entitled, "Architettura del Barozzio" (see PML 55623).
Engraving numbered "I" and signed within plate with monogram "CER"; lettered with publication line: Romae Ant. Lafreri MDLXX.
Evidently issued by publisher Lafrery as part of suite of 17 prints on 12 sheets of dancing putti and foliate designs, the set corresponding to the entry "Libro de fresi et fogliami" in Lafrery's stocklist of 1573. Cf. Miller.
Comprises plate 116 of an album of 16th century Italian engravings entitled, "Architettura del Barozzio" (see PML 55623).
Description
1 print : engraving ; 103 x 312 mm
Provenance
Jacques Auguste de Thou (inscription), Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr., Henry S. Morgan.
Summary
Frieze-like composition with eight putti dancing while another is playing bagpipes.
Classification
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