Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, “Rape of the Sabine Women”, c.1650, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (1619–c.1678)

“Rape of the Sabine Women” (aka “Les Romains enlevant les Sabines”; “The Rape of the Sabine Women by the Romans”), c.1650 (1640–1660), plate two from the series of six plates, “Façade of the Palazzo Milesi” (aka “Subjects from Roman History” [TIB title]), after the fresco design by Polidoro da Caravaggio (aka Polidoro Caldara; Polidoro da Caravagio) (c.1499–1543).

Etching on fine laid paper, trimmed with a thread margin around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Inscribed and numbered in plate: (lower right) “POLIDORO INVEN.  2./ Gio. B. Galestruzzi fece”.

TIB 46.5 (Paolo Bellini [ed.] 1982, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century”, vol. 46, New York, Abaris Books, p. 78, cat. no. 4); Bartsch XXI.53.4.

The British Museum offers a description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1856-1213-47 (BM inv.no. 1856,1213.47).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed around the image borderline and laid upon a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. Beyond a minor abrasion in the upper edge, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this superb early impression (based on the quality of line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate) of a small but historically important record of a section of the now badly deteriorated façade of the Palazzo Milesi (aka Golden Mask Palace) in Rome (see https://www.tripadvisor.in/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g187791-d12996950-i481038121-Palazzo_Milesi-Rome_Lazio.html), for total cost of AU$287 (currently US $182.67/ EUR 173.91/ GBP 144.73 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. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU $287) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this boldly executed etching—note how the artist has created the illusion of depth to this frieze by hatching over the more distant figures to give focus to those in the foreground— please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Circle of Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi’s etching, “Niobe Adored on the Altar”, c1656, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Unidentified artist from the circle of Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (1619–c1678)

“Niobe Adored on the Altar”, c1656, in reverse direction to the etching by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1856-1213-54) plate/sheet 3 from the series of five plates, “Niobid frieze of the Palazzo Milesi” (aka “History of Niobe” [TIB title]), after the design of Polidoro da Caravaggio’s (aka Polidoro Caldara; Polidoro da Caravaggio; Polidoro da Caravagio) (c1499–1543) frieze on the lower register of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome—sadly the frescoes on the façade have almost completely vanished by deterioration.

Etching on laid paper trimmed along the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (support sheet) 26.5 x 47 cm; (sheet) 11.3 x 31.6 cm; (Image borderline) 10.7 x 31.1 cm.

Ref. for Galestruzzi’s etching that this print follows in reverse: TIB 46 (21).18 (59) (Paolo Bellini [ed.] 1982, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century”, vol. 46, Abaris Books, New York, p. 88, cat. no. 18 [59]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, showing no sign of wear to the printing plate, trimmed along the platemark and laid upon a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. Beyond age toning, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, stains or foxing.

I am selling this historically important etched frieze that is a surviving visual record of Polidoro da Caravaggio’s now lost—in the sense of badly deteriorated—fresco on the façade of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome, for the total cost of AU$237 (currently US$156.04/EUR146.62/GBP129.67 at the time of posting this print) 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 strong and beautiful etching from the mid-1600s, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Etching from the circle of Polidoro da Caravaggio, “Apollo and Diana with Worshippers of the Statue of Niobe”, c1550

Unidentified printmaker from the circle of Polidoro da Caravaggio (aka Polidoro Caldara; Polidoro da Caravagio) (c1499–1543)—possibly Michele Lucchese (aka Michele Crecchi; Michele Grechi; Michele Greco) (fl. 1534–1564) based on stylistic attributes (see for example: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1931-0309-2).

Note that the Master of the Black Eye (fl. 1542–1547) is purported to have executed the first etching after Polidoro da Caravaggio’s fresco of the Niobe frieze (c1540) upon which this fragment of the same composition in reverse direction is based, but this master’s style is very different to the treatment of this etching (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_V-8-74-75).

“Apollo and Diana with Worshippers of the Statue of Niobe”, c1550, after the fresco (c1540) by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the façade of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome. Note that this etching is the right plate in a two-plate composite scene. This plate has been trimmed on the left with loss of the Statue of Niobe to whom the figures leaning to the left are worshipping.

Etching on laid paper, trimmed slightly unevenly with loss of the statue of Niobe on the left. The sheet is backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 16.9 x 41 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower left) “PVLIDORO”.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression trimmed unevenly within the image borderline and laid upon a sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in a very good condition for its age with no tears, holes, folds, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this strong etching after a section of Polidoro da Caravaggio’s frieze on the façade of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome, for AU$288 (currently US$196.23/EUR194.10/GBP164.79 at the time of posting this listing) including 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 large and visually arresting etching from the mid-1500s, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Cherubino Alberti’s engraving, “The Rape of the Sabine Women: Panel 1”, c1580, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Cherubino Alberti (aka Zaccaria Mattia; Borghegiano) (1553–1615)

“The Rape of the Sabine Women: Panel 1”, c1580 (1563–1615), the left panel of a frieze of three engravings designed to be joined horizontally, after Polidoro da Caravaggio (aka Polidoro Caldara; Polidoro da Caravagio) (c1499–1543), published in Rome.

See the description of the second panel offered by Spaightwood Galleries: http://www.spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Cherubino_Alberti.html.

Engraving on laid paper, trimmed along (or close to) the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 18.8 x 47.3 cm.

Lettered in plate in cartouche below the image borderline: (centre) “SABINARVM RAPTVM A POLYDORO CARAVAGIEN CELEBERR PICTORE DELINEATVM/ I”; (right) “Cum priuilegio Summi Pontificis.”

TIB 34 (17).159 (109) (Sebastian Buffa 1982, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Artists of the Sixteenth Century”, vol. 34, New York, Abaris Books, pp. 288–89, cat. no. 159 [109]); Gramaccini & Meier 177.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Rape of the Sabines, Romulus at the left with his outstretched left arm orders the Romans to search for the women. Engraving” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1874-0808-559-1).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed along (or close to) the platemark and laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. Beyond a mark on the upper left corner and a restored lower right corner, the sheet is in a very good condition for its considerable age with no significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this superb engraving by one of the most famous of the Italian Mannerist engravers showing the left panel (of three) to a frieze designed by Polidoro da Caravaggio, for the total cost of AU$339 (currently US$249.47/EUR211.12/GBP180.28 at the time of this listing) including 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 very dramatic bas-relief scene showing Romulus (at left) leaving his tent to instruct his men to search for the Sabine women, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Cherubino Alberti’s engraving, “The Rape of the Sabine Women: Panel 2”, c1580, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Cherubino Alberti (aka Zaccaria Mattia; Borghegiano) (1553–1615)

“The Rape of the Sabine Women: Panel 2”, c1580 (1563–1615), the middle panel of a frieze of three engravings designed to be joined horizontally, after Polidoro da Caravaggio (aka Polidoro Caldara; Polidoro da Caravagio) (c1499–1543), published in Rome.

Engraving on laid paper, trimmed along the image borderline on the left  and with a small margin around the borderline on the remaining edges, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 18.8 x 49 cm.

Lettered in plate in cartouche below the image borderline: “SERENISS FERDINANDO MEDICES MAGNO ETRVRIÆ DVCI III BONORVM OMNIVM MAECENATI BENEFICIENTISS/ Cum Priuilegio Summi Pontificis”.

TIB 34 (17).159 (109) (Sebastian Buffa 1982, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Artists of the Sixteenth Century”, vol. 34, New York, Abaris Books, pp. 288–89, cat. no. 159 [109]); Bartsch 159; Gramaccini & Meier 177.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Rape of the Sabines, Roman soldiers are taking the women, male personification of the Tiber reclines in lower right. Engraving” https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1874-0808-559-2).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed along the image borderline on the left and with a small margin around the remaining sides. There are fractures to the edges, otherwise, the sheet is in a good condition for its considerable age.

I am selling this superb engraving by one of the most famous of the Italian Mannerist engravers showing a panel of a frieze designed by Polidoro da Caravaggio, for the total cost of AU$339 (currently US$250.65/EUR211.89/GBP180.03 at the time of this listing) including 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 very dramatic bas-relief scene showing the Sabine virgins carried away by Roman soldiers (Romulus and his men)—note that the cropped image of horses and men on the far left is continued in the engraved panel designed to abut this scene—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