The Beauty of Albano after A. Riedel - Hand-Colored Engraving - L. Stocks
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The Beauty of Albano after A. Riedel - Hand-Colored Engraving - L. Stocks

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Antique engraving, hand-colored, The Beauty of Albano: a young woman in a pale lace-trimmed dress, holding a fan, smiles at the viewer in a bower at dusk. Engraved by Lumb Stocks after the painting by August Riedel in the Royal Collection.

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Antique engraving, hand-colored, The Beauty of Albano: a young woman in a pale lace-trimmed dress, holding a fan, smiles at the viewer in a bower at dusk. Engraved by Lumb Stocks after the painting by August Riedel in the Royal Collection.

The model for the painting was Vittoria Caldoni, the daughter of a vine grower of Albano, whose beauty made her the favorite model of the German painters settled in Rome. Published in London by James S. Virtue.

Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: August Heinrich Riedel (1799-1883).
Engraver: Lumb Stocks (1812-1892).
Date: 1857.
Source: From the picture in the Royal Collection; London, James S. Virtue.
Dimensions: Image 9.8 x 7.5 in (25 x 19 cm).
Condition: Foxing in the margins, chiefly the left and lower ones, not affecting the image.

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