Valentine Green (1739–1813)
“Pope Innocent X”— Giovanni
Battista Pamphilj (aka Pamphili) (1574–1655),
1774, from the series, “Houghton Gallery”, after the design by the intermediate
draughtsman, George Farington (1752–1788) after Diego
Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez’s (1599–1660) famous painting,
published in London by John Boydell (1719–1804).
Mezzotint printed in brown ink on fine
laid paper.
Size: (sheet) 17.4 x 12.3 cm; (plate) 15.1
x 10 cm; (image borderline) 12 x 10 cm.
Lettered in plate below the image
borderline: (left) “Velasco Pinxit./ G.Farington delint.”; (centre) “J.Boydell
exudit. 1774/ INNOCENT [Dobson's crest with moto “FARI QUÆ SENTIAT”]
THE TENTH./ In the Cabinet […] at Houghton/ Size of the Picture 1F T.3 ½ by 1 FT.6
¾ in height […]/ published Octr. 30th, 1st by
John […] Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.”; (right) “Val:Green fecit.”
Smith 73 (John Chaloner Smith 1878,
“British mezzotinto portraits: being a descriptive catalogue of these
engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present
century…”, vol. 3, London, H. Sotheran, p. 566, cat, no. 73 [see https://archive.org/details/britishmezzotint02smit_0/page/566/mode/2up]);
LeBlanc 100; Whitman 47.
The British Museum offers the
following description of this print: “Portrait, bust, three-quarter to right,
with a small beard and moustache, wearing a white collar over the neck of his
cape and a cap shaped like a soft fez, looking out of the corner of his eye
towards the viewer; after Velasquez. 1774/ Mezzotint” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1902-1011-2317).
Condition: a richly inked and near
faultless impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds,
abrasions, or stains.
Price & Shipping:
AU$304 in total (approximately US$199.06 / €207.61 / £151.36172.44), including
worldwide express shipping. Please note that import duties are the buyer's
responsibility.
If you are interested in purchasing
this exquisite, jewel-like mezzotint after Velázquez's renowned painting of
Pope Innocent X—later reinterpreted in Francis Bacon’s memorable “Study after
Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X” (1953)—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com.
I will gladly send you a PayPal invoice to facilitate a secure and easy
transaction.
Please note that I have previously posted another mezzotint by Valentine Green from the same series: https://www.printsandprinciples.com/2023/01/valentine-greens-mezzotint-dobsons.html.
This print has been sold
