Georg Conrad Bodenehr, “Andrea Pozzo’s Fresco in the Church of St. Ignazio, Rome”. 1709, after Andrea Pozzo

Georg Conrad Bodenehr (1663–1710)

“Andrea Pozzo’s Fresco in the Church of St. Ignazio, Rome”, 1709, after the illusionistic fresco by Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709). This engraving is plate (Figura) 81 to Andrea Pozzo’s famous treatise, published in Rome by Typographia Joannis Jacobi Komarek Boëmi (fl.c.1690–93), “Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum/ Andreae Putei ... ; in quâ docetur modus expeditissimus delineandi opticè omnia quȩ pertinent ad architecturam” (Perspective of painters and architects/ Andrea Putei ... ; in which the most expeditious method of optically drawing all things pertaining to architecture is taught)—a treatise of great importance for illusionistic fresco painting throughout the eighteenth century (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG42570).

Archive.org offers and online view of the publication in which this plate features in the 1693 edition. Note that in the 1693 edition the image is in the reverse direction whereas Bodenehr’s engraving was published in the 1709 edition: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008639367/page/n409/mode/1up .

Engraving on laid paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 36 x 21.5 cm; (image borderline) 27.2 x 21.5 cm

Inscribed in plate: (upper right corner) “Figura 81.”; (lower right) “G. C. Bodenehr Sc.”

Condition: a well-printed (near faultless) impression with margins as published—note that there is a small margin at left. The sheet is in a very good condition for its considerable age with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains and is laid upon a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins on all sides

I am selling this rare and important engraving that is not only a sensitively executed architectural rendering of Andrea Pozzo’s trompe-l'œil painting of the “false” dome at the high altar in the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, but it is also an important illustration in Pozzo’s influential treatise on architecture during the Baroque period, for AU$288 (equivalent to approximately US$185.65, EUR 164.25, or GBP 139.88 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes, if any, levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$288).

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful engraving of an architectural trompe- l'œil, 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