Description: Very good impression with margins, printed in two colors and clair obscur. Age: ca. 1750. Ref: Leymarie 629.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Gilles Demarteau' after 'Carlo Maratta'. Gilles Demarteau (1729-1776) was a French engraver. He worked closely with Fragonard, Van Loo and Boucher. He is credited with creating a new polychrome pencil etching process. Carlo Maratta or Maratti (1625-1713) was an Italian painter of the High Baroque period, active mostly in Rome.
Subject: Antique Master Print, untitled. Head of a saint.
Condition: Very good, given age. Paper edges a bit irregular. Damp stain in lower right corner, not effecting image. Light soiling and some browning. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 25.3 x 34 cm. The image size is ca. 23.4 x 25.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10 x 13.4 inch. The image size is ca. 9.2 x 10 inch.
Medium: Crayon manner engraving on laid paper.
Location: (LATPC) Q1-222
SKU: 61546
Section: LATPC-MASTERPRINTS