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GIOVANNI BATTISTA SCULTORI (1503-1575) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1546)
Interior of a Prison
engraving, circa 1536-43, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression of this rare print, Lewis's third state (of five)
Sheet 276 x 421 mm.
Provenance
With Elizabeth Harvey Lee, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch 66 (as by G. Ghisi); Lewis & Lewis R 8 (as not by G. Ghisi); Massari 8
Special notice
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This engraving was attributed to Giorgio Ghisi and also associated with Georg Pencz, but is now accepted to be by Giovanni Battista Scultori, after a preparatory drawing in the Royal Collection at Windsor (inv. no. 0483). It relates to a fresco in the Camera dei Venti in Palazzo Te, Mantua, designed by Giulio Romano.
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