Nicolas Dorigny, “Evangelist St Mark with His Lion,” 1707, after Domenichino

Nicolas Dorigny (also known as Sir Nicolas Dorigny) (1658–1746)

“Evangelist St Mark with His Lion,” 1707 (inscribed in plate “1707,” but dated from 1702 by the French publisher, Mariette)

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching with engraving on heavy laid paper, trimmed along or slightly within the platemark, and backed with a support sheet of tissue-thin (Kozo) washi paper. This print is from the series of four plates, “The Four Evangelists” (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), and the design is based on a fresco painting of the same composition executed between 1622 and 1627, decorating a pendentive in the Church of Sant' Andrea della Valle in Rome by Domenichino (aka Domenico Zampieri) (1581–1641). 

For a marvellous account and photographs of the series, see Simona Albanese’s blog: http://simonaalbanese.blogspot.com/2011/02/santandrea-della-valle-domenichinos.html. 

The lower edge of the print features a Latin dedication to Charles Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1654–1730), along with the coat-of-arms of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. 

This is a strong and well-printed impression. Aside from a few pinholes and minor marks, the large etching remains in remarkably good condition for its age and size. 

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 62 x 45 cm
• Image borderline: 58.5 x 44.4 cm

Plate Lettering below the image borderline:

• (Left) “Dominicus Zampieri pinx. Romæ in Ædibus Diui Andreæ / Sup. perm. an. 1707”
• (Left of centre) “Sereniss.^mo Principi CAROLO / Humillime dedicat, et consecrate”
• (Right of centre) “Landgrauio Hassiæ &c. / Obseq. et addict. Seruus Nicolaus Dorigny”
• (Right) “N. Dorigny Gallus delin. et incid. Romæ cum priu. Sum Pont. et Reg. Chris.”

References:

• IFF 90–93 (Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du Fonds Français: Graveurs du XVIIe Sièle: CHAUVEL–DUVIVIER, 1954, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 3, p. 500, nos. 90–93)— https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489228q/f512.item
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1936-0810-34
• Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/762415

Price & Shipping:

AU$406 (approximately US$287.57 / €248.72/ £214.52), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you’re interested in acquiring this spectacular etching—exemplifying the uplifting spirit of the Baroque age, inspired by Domenichino’s fresco, depicting St Mark holding a tablet next to an angel with a lively group of putti and St Mark’s lion below—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’ll gladly provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

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Luigi Cunego, “The Liberation of Saint Peter”, 1779, after Domenichino

Luigi Cunego (also known as Aloisius Cunego and Aloysio Cunego) (1757–1823)

“The Liberation of Saint Peter”, 1779

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching with engraving on heavy laid paper with small margins. The engraving is based on a design derived from a fresco by Domenichino (also known as Domenico Zampieri) (1581–1641), located in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) in Rome. It depicts the biblical scene from Acts of the Apostles, chapter 12, verse 7: “Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. ‘Quick, get up!’ he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.” (New International Version [NIV]). The print was published in Rome by Domenico Cunego (1727–1803), Luigi Cunego’s father.

This impression is a richly inked, lifetime impression, with crisp, clear lines and no signs of wear to the printing plate. Aside from minor surface marks, the sheet is in excellent condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 47.5 x 30.4 cm
• Platemark: 46.1 x 28.1 cm
• Image borderline: 38 x 25 cm

Plate lettering below the image borderline:

• Left: “Dominicus Zampieri pinxit”
• Centre: “Surge velociter/ Et ceciderunt catene de manibus euis/ Act: Apos: Cap. 12. Vers. 7./ Ex Tabula in Templo S. Petri in Vinculis/ Romæ apud Dominicus Cunego”
• Right: “Aloisius Cunego del. et. Sculp. 1779.”

References:

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art: https://collections.lacma.org/node/248470
• Calcografia Nazionale Rome: https://www.calcografica.it/stampe/inventario.php?id=S-CL2224_3116

Price & Shipping:

AU$288 (approximately US$192.54 / €165.93 / £143.96), including worldwide express shipping. Please note that import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this superb example of chiaroscuro lighting within a Baroque composition, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

Girard Audran, “King David Dances and Plays the Harp”, c.1667, after Domenichino

Girard Audran (aka Gérard Audran) (1640–1703)

“King David Dances and Plays the Harp”, c.1667 (1666–1668), from the series of four plates, “Scenes from the Old Testament in the San Silvestro in Rome” after the frescoes by Domenichino (aka Domenico Zampieri) (1581–1641) in the pendentives of the Bandini Chapel in San Silvestro al Quirinale in Rome (c.1628), with privilege from Louis XIV (King of France).

Etching with engraving on heavy laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 54.3 x 40.4 cm; (plate) 49.5 x 36.8 cm; (outer image borderline) 43.4 x 36.5 cm.

Lettered in plate: (lower left) “Dominiq. Pinx.”: (lower centre) “Vilior fiam plusquam factus sum, et humilis ero in occulis meis. 2 Regum. Cap.6.“ ([transl.] I will become more base than I have been made, and I will be humble in my own eyes. 2 Kings. Chapter 6.); (lower right) “G.Audran, Sculp. Ro”.

IFF 109 (Roger-Armand Weigert 1939, “Inventaire du Fonds Français Graveurs du XVIIe: ALIX (Jean)–BOUDEAU (Jean)”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 1, p. 142, cat. no. 109 [Scènes de l’Ancen Testament] [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489424r/f146]); Robert-Dumesnil 101 (Robert-Dumesnil 1835–71, “Le Peintre-Graveur Français”, Paris, vol. 9, p. 291, cat. no. 101).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “David dances and plays the harp; in an oval: on the right, David, with his head turned to his left, surrounded by young men playing musical in[s]truments; on the left, a young man restraining a sheep; after Domenichino” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_U-4-28).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with reasonably large margins. There is a hole at lower centre and a mark in the margin at left, otherwise, the sheet is in a reasonably good condition for its age and large size with no tears, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this marvellously lively etching after a fresco by Domenichino—for those who like intrigue and drama, Domenichino’s painting was completed thirteen years after (alleged) attempts on his life by an associate who cut planks in his scaffold and finally succeeded in killing him with poison—for AU $312 (currently US $193.74/ EUR 188/GBP158.75 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU $312) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Pietro del Po, “Temperance”, c.1660, after Domenichino

Pietro del Po (aka Pietro del Pò) (1616–1692)

“Temperance” (aka “La Tempérance”; “Voluptatum Victrix Temperantia vel feros animos moderator”), c.1660 (1647–1688), the final plate from the series of four plates, “The Cardinal Virtues” (TIB 24–27), after the design by Domenichino (aka Domenico Zampieri) (1581–1641) for one of the pendentive frescoes of the cupola of San Carlo ai Catinari (aka Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari [Saints Blaise and Charles at the Bowl-Makers]) in Rome, published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (aka Giovanni Jacomo de' Rossi; Jo Jacobus de Rubeis) (1627–1691). I understand that there are several preparatory drawings for this print by Del Po at Windsor Castle; see J. Pope-Hennessy 1948, “The Drawings of Domenichino in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle, London”, p. 80, nos. 869–877.

Etching and engraving on heavy laid paper with a small margin around the irregularly shaped platemark and with the centrefold of publication.

Size: (sheet) 77 x 53.5 cm; (irregularly shaped platemark) 67 x 52.1 cm.

Lettered above the image borderline: (left) “Domin Zamperius Bonon ^. Pinx ^. Romæ in Divi/ Caroli ad Catinarios.”; (centre) “VOLVPTATVM ^. VICTRIX . TEMPERANTIA ^. VE . FEROS ^. ANIMOS ^. MODERATVR./ In chamo, et fraæno maxillas corum constringe. ps. 3і./ Io ^. Iacobus de Rubeis Formis Romæ ad Temptū Pacis cū Priu. S. Pont^.”; (right) “Petrus del' Pò delin ^. et sculp.”

State i (of i)

TIB 4510.027 (Paolo Bellini & Richad W. Wallace [eds.] 1990, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century”, vol. 45 [Commentary], New York, Abaris Books, p. 245, cat. no. [4510].027]).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print (not reproduced): “Female personification of Temperance, with a camel and a unicorn, one of the Four Cardinal Virtues frescoed in the pendentives of C.Carlo ai Catinari in Rome, after Domenichino/ Etching and engraving” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1869-0410-2177).

See also the description of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.65748.

Condition: a strong and well-printed lifetime impression (based on the quality of line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate). There is a restored tear in the margin at lower left and minor surface marks, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition with no significant stains.

I am selling this huge and simply magnificent etching (with engraving) showing a female personification of Temperance (Temperantia) holding palm branch and horse bridle flanked by putti with the interesting inclusion of a camel and a unicorn, for the total cost of AU$640 (currently US$431.49/EUR390.09/GBP328.79 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$640) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this spectacular masterwork rarely seen on the art market, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold