Pietro Fontana Figurative Prints

Image dimensions: 49x33.4 cm M. Agrippa is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Giovanni Folo Veneto, after Bernardino Nocchi as the inscriptions on plates on the lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò. / Giovanni Folo Veneto incise in Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on the higher margin: “Tom II. / Tav. XXIII" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..) date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli" by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome in 1821. This old master’s original print shows a precious piece of the Borghese's collection, the marble bust of Marco Vipsanio Agrippa (Arpino, 63 BC approx. - Campania, 12 BC), a Roman politician, military and architect but above all a friend of Octavian, the future Emperor Augustus and also his faithful collaborator and son-in-law. Agrippa was the author of many Octavian's military triumphs, the most notable of which was the naval victory in the battle of Actium against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. In excellent conditions, with some light signs of the time and some sporadic minor stains along the margins, this wonderful burin has preserved still today its fresh impression. Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This print collection in two volumes is a beautiful detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his villa on the Pincio, in Rome. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large illustrated plates. To these writings, which were found and made available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added - as they notified in the warning - only a few illustrations relating to some minor monuments formerly engraved on copper. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues of the Borghese warrior...

Image dimensions: 39.5 x 31 cm “Davide con la Fionna” (David with the sling) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Angelo Campanella, after Stefano Tofanelli, as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Stefano Tofanelli delineò/ Angelo Campanella incise in Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. XXXII" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. This old master’s original prints shows a beautiful piece of the Borghese's collection, the statue representing the young boy who with a sling defeated the monster Goliath and became a myth. In excellent conditions with some light signs of the time with some sporadic minor stains along the higher margins, a usual yellowing of the paper at the edges, this wonderful etching has preserved still today his beauty and his fresh impression. Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior by Agasias (two plates), Greek gods and heroes and Roman famous historical figures; the last two plates represents antique Egyptian deities. There are plates representing ancient bas-reliefs, sarcophagi, of mythological subjects, the Borghese Vase, portrait busts, a vase on an altar, two statues of Amor; and two modern statues, by Bernini (the Apollo and Daphne, and the David). «Très bel ouvrage» writes Brunet, «Grand ouvrage, le seul qui mérite, parmi ceux sur la villa Borgese, de figurer dans le chapitre aux Galeries et Collections» Vinet said, looking at this plate. Angelo Campanella (Rome, 1748 – 1815) Angelo Campanella was an Italian painter and engraver, learned his art under Giovanni Volpato. He engraved the statues of twelve apostles found in the church of St. John Lateran in Rome, and some of the plates for Gavin Hamilton's Schola Itálica including The Presentation in the Temple after Fra Bartolommeo...