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AFTER GEORGES REVERDY, AFTER JACOB FLORIS. Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 46)

Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 46). Artist: After Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529-57); After Jacob Floris (1524-1581). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 5/16 in. (20 × 26.2 cm)
Plate: 5 1/8 × 11 13/16 in. (13 × 30 cm)
Overall: 8 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (21 × 27 cm). Publisher: Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757- after 1805). Date: 1773.
Page from an album with 54 prints, 40 of which come from a series published by Carlo Losi in Rome in 1773. For some reason often overlooked, these prints actually reproduce16th-century designs attributed to the enigmatic French artist Georges Reverdy and the better-known Netherlandish artist Jacob Floris. All copies are in reverse. In some cases they are combined with the originals in this album. Several pages in the album are empty, indicating that some prints may have been taken out at some point.
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Title:
Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 46)
Caption:
Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 46). Artist: After Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529-57); After Jacob Floris (1524-1581). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 5/16 in. (20 × 26.2 cm) Plate: 5 1/8 × 11 13/16 in. (13 × 30 cm) Overall: 8 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (21 × 27 cm). Publisher: Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757- after 1805). Date: 1773. Page from an album with 54 prints, 40 of which come from a series published by Carlo Losi in Rome in 1773. For some reason often overlooked, these prints actually reproduce16th-century designs attributed to the enigmatic French artist Georges Reverdy and the better-known Netherlandish artist Jacob Floris. All copies are in reverse. In some cases they are combined with the originals in this album. Several pages in the album are empty, indicating that some prints may have been taken out at some point.
Technique/material:
etching and engraving
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Publisher:
Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757-after 1805)
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Copyright:
Artist Copyright must be cleared if the artist's work is not in the public domain in the country where you are licensing.
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Image size:
2744 x 2409 px | 18.9 MB
Print size:
23.2 x 20.4 cm | 9.1 x 8.0 in (300 dpi)