Lot 52
Lot 52
PROPERTY FROM THE PONTIFICAL SCOTS COLLEGE, ROME
BERNARDINO BARBATELLI, CALLED 'IL POCCETTI' (1548-1612)

Three Crosses

Price Realised GBP 8,190
Estimate
GBP 5,000 - GBP 7,000
Closed: 21 Mar 2025
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BERNARDINO BARBATELLI, CALLED 'IL POCCETTI' (1548-1612)

Three Crosses

Price Realised GBP 8,190
Closed: 21 Mar 2025
Price Realised GBP 8,190
Closed: 21 Mar 2025
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BERNARDINO BARBATELLI, CALLED 'IL POCCETTI' (1548-1612)
Three Crosses
etching
circa 1589
on laid paper, indistinct Circle watermark (Bell?)
a fine, rich and tonal impression of this extremely rare print
printing darkly and sharply
trimmed to or just outside the platemark at left and right, inside the subject above and below
some small, skilful repairs
the subject generally in good condition
Sheet 322 x 198 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, stamped initials HB (?) in blue verso (faint; not in Lugt).
Pontifical Scots College, Rome; acquired through Dr Alexander Grant, rector of the College from 1846-1878.
Literature
Nagler 1999, Le Blanc 2;
S. Welsh Reed, R. Wallace, Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque, Boston, 1989, no. 106, p. 208-9 (another impression illustrated).
Michael Bury, The Print in Italy 1550-1620, London, 2001, no. 48, p. 85-6 (another impression illustrated).
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