Ceres after Cristofano Robetta - Amand-Durand Heliogravure - 1878
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Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand, dated 1878, reproducing the Ceres of Cristofano Robetta (1462-1535), a Florentine engraving of the late fifteenth century with the goddess walking through a landscape accompanied by children. Signed with initials in the copper; laid paper with wide margins.
Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand, dated 1878, reproducing the Ceres of Cristofano Robetta (1462-1535), a Florentine engraving of the late fifteenth century with the goddess walking through a landscape accompanied by children. Signed with initials in the copper; laid paper with wide margins.
Amand-Durand (1831-1905) transferred the image to the copper by photomechanical means, bit it in acid and printed it by hand on damp paper, just like an etching, which gives his impressions a remarkable fidelity to the Renaissance originals.
Medium: Heliogravure on laid paper.
Artist / after: After Cristofano Robetta (1462-1535).
Engraver / publisher: Charles Amand-Durand (1831-1905), engraver and publisher.
Date: 1878.
Dimensions: Image 5.3 x 7.3 in (13.5 x 18.5 cm); sheet 15.4 x 17.7 in (39 x 45 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper, with light creasing along the right edge and small marginal scuffs.
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Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand, dated 1878, reproducing the Ceres of Cristofano Robetta (1462-1535), a Florentine engraving of the late fifteenth century with the goddess walking through a landscape accompanied by children. Signed with initials in the copper; laid paper with wide margins.