ORIGINAL - CARLO MARATTA (1625-1713) " TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL " ENGRAVING c1770-99

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ORIGINAL - **CARLO MARATTA (1625-1713) " TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL " ENGRAVING c1770-99
Depicts :
" TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL "
Titled: Angelius Domini Sanctus sit In tinere perducatque vos incolumes.
Original design painted by: **
Carlo Maratta (1625-1713)
Produced in: Venice, Italy
c1770-99
Outer frame size : H 21  1/4"  x  W 25  1/8"
Outer print area including lower type size : H 11 1/16" x 15  7/8"
Published by:
Nicolo
Cavalli
Engraver: Francesco Pedro for Cavalli.
Condition is very fine with a light damp stain lower left corner and a few extremely soft creases.
Frame and glass condition is very good with some some wear to the outer edges.
Wood frame with glass is very nice with some wear consistent with its age and use (circa 1980's). It has a nice Old World look with a base gilt wash overpainted with distressed areas and hand painted details. Canvas cloth and a hand painted wood fillet. The black paper liner has a few small tears.
(please see pictures)
Medium weight cream colored laid rag content paper.
Period hand penned catalog marking on the lower right corner :
No 123  Eliott Beer
below the image: Latin caption and
Carlo Maratta inv. et pinx.
Franc.us. Pedro Sculp. apud Nic. Cavalli Venetiis
* Tobias and the Angel
is the title given to paintings and other artworks depicting a scene in which Tobias, son of Tobit, meets an angel without realizing he is an angel (
Book of Tobit
, 5.5-6)
and is then instructed by the angel what to do with a giant fish he catches (Book of Tobit, 6.2-9)
** Carlo Maratta
(1625-1713)
was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner.
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