5238 - Gandolfi, Gaetano

Gandolfi, Gaetano The Death of Germanicus. Etching after Nicolas Poussin. 9.4 x 12.5 cm. De Vesme 11. The painter and copperplate engraver Gaetano Gandolfi grew up in a family of artists and was influenced above all by the work of Giambattista Tiepolo. He produced a rather extensive body of printmaking work, comprising both reproduction engravings and original compositions. In this exceptionally rare print, Gandolfi reproduces, in reverse, Poussin’s famous painting *The Death of Germanicus*, whose widely copied, varied, and reproduced composition had a lasting influence on the iconography of the heroic death and attained almost iconic significance for Neoclassical history painting. An excellent print with margins. Minimally stained; two smoothed-out vertical folds on the reverse; other minor signs of age; otherwise very beautiful and in its original condition. From the collections of Raffaele Alianello (Lugt 5k), Philipp Herrmann (Lugt 1352a), and Eugenio Tinto (not listed in Lugt). - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.