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89 - Pietro Antonio Martini (1738–1797)
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€1,000 - 1,200Sale fees
Pietro Antonio Martini (1738–1797) The Exhibition at the Salon du Louvre in 1787. Circa 1787. Etching and engraving after J. H. Ramberg. 530 x 385 [620 x 470 mm]. A very fine print on heavy cream-colored laid paper. Scattered light foxing. Numbered in pen and sepia ink on the reverse. Full margins. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). Included: same subject. Etching. 525 x 375 mm. Very fine print on heavy cream-colored laid paper, pure etching, unfinished, pre-print, trimmed to the plate edge. A few light foxing spots. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). Set of 2 sheets. Ref. Donald A. Rosenthal, *La Grande Manière: Historical and Religious Painting in France, 1700–1800*, Rochester, 1987, fig. 2, p. 12; Thierry Bajou et al., *Les Peintres du roi, 1648–1793*, Paris, RMN, 2000, fig. 1, p. 34 (with a different letter beneath the subject). This engraving depicts the official exhibition of works by members of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, held at the Louvre. Several famous paintings can be recognized: *The Death of Socrates* by Jacques-Louis David (on the front wall); *Marie-Antoinette and Her Children* by Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, prominently displayed in the center; *Portrait of Madame Adélaïde of France* by her rival Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, not far to her left; *The Pont du Gard* by Hubert Robert (right wall)...
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