Author: François Langlois (1588-1647), after Israël Silvestre (1621-1691), after Jacques Callot (1592-1635) [?]
Title: Antique print, etching | View of Pozzuoli, published ca. 1640, 1 p.
Description: View of Pozzuoli (Neaples): fortified castle built on a rocky promontory overlooking the sea; camp scene in the foreground.Suite of 4 pieces without title or numbers. Views of Italy, engraved by François Collignon after Silvestre. These views, somewhat in the style of Callot, are purely capricious and highly unfaithful; they do not in any way represent the places indicated. Collignon was a disciple of Callot.On the bottom: 'Veue de Pouzzole.' and 'Israel ex. cum prvil. Regis.'[NL] Vue van Pozzuoli. Etching on paper, total: 85 x 177 mm; trimmed on platemark, in good condition. Faucheux: 22.1, Baré : 757.

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