Stefano
Mulinari (c.1741–c.1796)
“Awakening
Soldiers at Christ's Tomb” (descriptive title only), 1774 (pub. date, but may
have been executed between 1766–74), plate 28 (“N.XXVIII”) from the series of
100 plates (the first 41 plates were executed by Muliari) “Disegni originali
d'eccellenti pittori esistenti nella Real galleria di Firenze [graphic] :
incisi ed imitati nella loro grandezza e colori” (Original drawings by
excellent painters existing in the Royal Gallery of Florence [graphic]:
engraved and imitated in their size and colours), after Giulio Romano (aka
Giulio Giannuzzi; Giulio Pippi) (c.1499–1546), published in Florence.
Archive.org
offers an online view of this print in its context in the publication: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125011208614/page/n117/mode/2up.
Etching
and sulphur tint (viz. a process that is a precursor to
aquatint where sulphur is either mixed with vegetable oil into a paste and
spread over the plate to corrode it with fine pitting or sprinkled onto the
plate and heated), printed in brown ink on laid paper, trimmed with a margin
around the image borderline and text lines. The print is the upper half of a
larger plate involving three images in total.
Size:
(sheet) 30 x 40.9 cm; (image borderline) 25.7 x 39 cm.
Numbered
in plate above the image borderline: (right) “N. XXVIII.”
Lettered
in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Guilio Romano inv: e del:”; (right)
“SM[ligature]ulinari inci:”.
Condition:
a strong impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plate, trimmed with
a small margin around the image borderline. There are a few scattered chalk lines
(?) (see for example the sanguine line on the shoulder of the centre figure), otherwise
the sheet is in a very good condition for its age with no tears, folds, holes, abrasions,
significant stains (but there are marks verso) or foxing.
I am
selling this strong impression glowing with the raw sienna colour of the
printing ink and velvety texturing created by the early etching technique
termed “sulphur tint”—a process predating aquatint where sulphur is used as the
mordant to corrode the copper printing plate to form copper sulphide and fine
pitting to the plate—for the total cost of AU$263 (currently US$175.79/EUR159.05/GBP140.01
at the time of 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).
If you
are interested in purchasing this rare sulphur tint print, 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
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