135 - Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione detto Il Grechetto Raising of Lazarus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione detto Il Grechetto Raising of Lazarus Etching, 233 × 325 mm (sheet). Bartsch XXI.12.6; Bellini 59.Superb, sharp impression with strong contrasts, printed on laid paper with watermark (bunch of grapes). Very small margins of approximately 4 mm beyond the platemark on three sides, with a very narrow margin along the lower edge. A small loss at the lower left corner, but otherwise in very good condition. On the reverse, an unidentified collector’s mark (Lugt 1849), probably German, and two inventory numbers, one in violet ink and the other in red pencil.