Author: Biagio Puccini (1675-1721)
Title: [Antique print, etching, emblemata] All'Ill.mo e Rev.mo Sig.re Mons.r D. Anibale Albani/Celebratory print to cardinal Annibale Albani, published ca. 1711.
Description: Celebratory print with dedication to cardinal Annibale Albani (1682-1751) from the artist Biagio Puccini.Probably it was realized in 1711, when Albani was made cardinal. Fifteen lines of dedication in Italian, signed: 'Servo Biagio Puccini'.On verso some handwritten notes in pencil, one reporting that this impression is not documented in Bartsch and the other mentioning an earlier provenance, namely a sale catalogue.Kardinaal Bisschop van Sabina / Broer Alessandro Albani / papal nuncio vienna / papal diplomacy / Menologiom Graecorum 1727. Etching on laid paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 483 x 311 mm; top left corner missing, yellowing paper, some light staining. Rare, undocumented.

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