Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (aka Francesco Bolognese) (1606–1680)
“Flight into Egypt”, c1655 (1630–1680). John
T Spike in the catalogue raisonné for Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (TIB,
1981, vol. 42) makes the interesting proposal: “The figures are, by all
appearance, by Alessandro Grimaldi [Giovanni Francesco’s son (1630–63)]” (p. 59).
Etching on laid paper (with
watermark, possibly, “Lily in the double circle”), trimmed with a narrow margin
around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 33.1 x 47 cm;
(platemark) 32.7 x 46.6 cm; (image borderline) 32.2 x 46.2 cm.
Inscribed on plate
at lower centre: “Gio. fran co Grimaldi Bologne. in fec.”
State ii (of ii)
TIB 42 (19). 51
(113) (John T Spike 1981, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Masters of the
Seventeenth Century”, vol. 42 [39], New York, Abaris Books, p. 51, cat. no. 51 [113]); Bellini 2012, no.
53.ii; Bartsch XIX.113.51.
The British Museum
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art offer descriptions of this print:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1874-0808-691;
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/816246.
Condition: a well-printed early impression (based
on the quality of the line showing minimal wear to the printing plate), trimmed
with a thread margin around the platemark and
laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. There are chipped losses to the margin, a few small closed tears to the edges,
flattened bumped corners and other signs of handling; otherwise the sheet is in
a good condition for its large size and considerable age with no significant
holes, stains or foxing.
I am selling this very
beautiful and large etching described in the TIB catalogue raisonné as “one of
the most beautiful in the oeuvre of … [the] artist” (TIB, 1981, vol. 42, p. 59),
for AU$346 (currently US$251.76/EUR213.86/GBP194.73 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 major etching by Grimaldi, 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
