Sold for:
$984
$984
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664) The Entry of the Animals into the Ark , c. 1650, only state (Bartsch 1; Bellini, 61). Signed within the plate. Etching on laid paper with textual watermark, plate size approximately 8 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (20.8 x 39.9 cm), matted, unframed. Condition: Trimmed to or just within the plate mark, repairs to edges (some into the image), foxing (visible primarily to verso). Provenance: M. Roy Fisher, New York; by family descent to the present owner.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-09-19
