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Etching The sorceress Circe Armida
Fine proof on China "appliqué", engraved by Mauro Gandolfi (1764-1834) designed by Johann Erdmann Hummel (1769 - 1852) after a work by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), better known as Guercino, or il Guercino.
27.5 x 22.7 cm subject
40,7 x 33.7 cm plate mark
64 x 48.6 cm sheet
Felix Hermet, printer & publisher Paris Louvre.
Armida is a fictional character created by the Italian late Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso. She is a Saracen sorceress.
Good condition of conservation.
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