363 - S. GUILLAIN (*1618) after CARRACCI (*1560), Berrettaro, 1740, 1740, Etching

S. GUILLAIN (*1618) after CARRACCI (*1560), Berrettaro, 1740, 1740, Etching Simon Guillain (born 1618 in Paris) after Annibale Carracci (before 1560 in Bologna – 1609 in Rome): Berrettaro, 1740, 1740, Etching Technique: Etching on paper, mounted on paper Inscription: Signed, numbered, and titled with the artist’s monogram at the bottom of the printing plate. Date: 1740 Description: Old master depiction of an Italian beret salesman shown in full figure. After a drawing by Annibale Carracci from the series “Diverse figure al numero di ottanta, disegnate di penna Nell’hore di ricreatione da Annibale Carracci, intagliate in rame, E cavate dagli Originale da Simone Guilino Parigino. Dedicated to all the virtuosos and connoisseurs of painting and drawing. Rome: Lodovico Grignani, 1646,” from which this is number 39; presumably a later impression from an 18th-century edition. Keywords: 18th century, Classicism, Professions, Italy, Size: Paper: 27.4 cm x 16.5 cm (10.8 x 6.5 in) Condition: In fairly good condition. Slight waviness and faint foxing in places. There is a faint liquid stain in the upper left corner. There is a full-page horizontal crease in the center. The image is very well rendered.