Description: After ANNIBALE CARRACI (Italian, 1560-1609) From the Palazzo Farnese series: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF CALLISTO.Juno points out to Diana that Callisto has been turned into a bear. Lovely interpretation and composition with excellent etching technique. Original etching by CARLO CESIO (1622-1682), after the fresco painting by Carracci and the drawing/design by Arnoldo Van Westerhout (1651-1725). Fully signed and inscribed at the bottom. The plate is numbered 24 from the impressive folio-size publication "Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma del Sereniss Duca di Parma etc dipinta da Annibale Carracci intagliata del Carlo Cesio." [I show the title page in my last photo] CONDITION: Very good, just one tiny spot outside the bottom right corner (see photos). Printed on thick "laid" paper, circa 1700-1720. Platemark intact, with good wide margins beyond. Size of the image (platemark area) is 9.5 x 15.3cms. Carlo Cesio was an Italian painter/etcher who lived from 1622-1682. Born at Antrodoco, Rieti, he was a pupil of Pietro Da Cortona in Rome. All of the major museums should have/will have this series of prints. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam RP-P-OB- 207.720 Literature:Bartsch, XXI page 112.Le Blanc Vol. 1 p.625 Further reading (in Italian): Calvesi, M (ed). Carlo Cesio pittore e incisiore del seicento tra ambiente cortonesco e classicismo marattiano. Antrodoco, 1987.
Price: 34 GBP
Location: Wadhurst
End Time: 2023-11-29T19:35:25.000Z
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Artist: Annibale Carracci/Carlo Cesio
Originality: Original
Signed By: Carlo Cesio
Image Orientation: Landscape
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Period: Baroque/Roccoco (1600-1770)
Title: The Metamorphosis of Callisto
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Region of Origin: Italy
Print Surface: Paper
Subject: Old Master, Mythology, Religious
Colour: Monochrome
Type: Print
Medium: Etching
Style: Old Master Print, Classical
Theme: Art, Historical, Mythology
Production Technique: Etching
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Time Period Produced: Pre-1700
