Lot 429
  • 429

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
  • A Satyr seated beside a statue of Priapus; and Pan seated near a vase (Bartsch 17; 18)
  • Two etchings, circa 1645, on laid papers, framed
  • each sheet:113 by 212mm 4 1/2 by 8 3/8 in
Two etchings, circa 1645, B. 17 the second state (of three), B. 18 the only state, framed

Condition

Trimmed unevenly to the plate mark, inside the subject in some places, each in good condition apart from very pale discolouration along the sheet edges verso, some small areas of pale discolouration verso (not apparent recto), B. 18 with a small accretion at the centre of the subject, framed together.
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