Author: Perrier, François (1594-1649)
Title: [History mythology print, etching] Roman Navarch ['Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum.', published 1638]
Description: The standing portrait of a Roman Navarch, a captain of a fleet, in the past believed to be the portrait of Augustus; now in Rome at the Musei Capitolini. Signed and numbered on the bottom right corner: FP B / 10, FP monogrammed. B stands for Bergognone, as he was also known in Italy.From 'Segmenta Nobiliarum Signorum et Statuarum', a series of 101 etched plates (frontispiece and 100 illustrations) representing statues from Rome, first published in Rome in 1638, and reprinted five times before the end of the seventeenth century.On verso, on the bottom right corner collector's mark: P in black (stencilled?). Etching on laid paper; plate mark: 231 x 125 mm, total: 290 x 180 mm; despite some dirt and staining on the margins, bright impression. Le Blanc 38-137.

Keywords: Allegories|Italy|Mythology|Rome|sculpture