RARE PAIR ANTIQUE 17 CENTURY ENGRAVINGS OF CLASSICAL FIGURES BYJOACHIM VON SANDRART. FIRST ENGRAVING DEPICTING THE ROMAN GODDESS CERES AFTER A DRAWING BY SANDRART AND ENGRAVED BY WALDREICH. SECOND ONE DEPICTS THE GREEK GODDESS HYGIAEA, ANCIENT MARBLE SCULPTURE ENGRAVED BY I.
BOTH WITHIN CREAM-COLORED MUSEUM BOARD FRENCH MAT RULED WITH GOLD, GRAY AN DARK BORDER MATERIAL TECHNIQUES : INTAGLIO PRINTS. CERES SIGNED IN THE PLATE. COA CERTIFICATES FROM THE SOTHEBYS.
20" x 14.5" x 1" FRAMED EACH, 14" x 8.5 IMAGE EACH. THESE ENGRAVINGS ARE CAPTIVATING ARTWORK THAT SHOWCASES THE TIMELESS BEAUTY A CLASSICAL IMAGES CREATED BY JOACHIM VON SANDRART.HIS ENGRAVINGS PAY HOMAGETO THEENDURING LEGACY OF CLASSICAL ART AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS. THESE ARE AN ORIGINAL PRINTS, NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTIONS.