Philippe de Soye (active Rome circa 1565-68) after Marcello Venusti (1512/5-1579)
The Crucifixion
细节
Philippe de Soye (active Rome circa 1565-68) after Marcello Venusti (1512/5-1579)
The Crucifixion
engraving, circa 1565-68, on laid paper, watermark Pascal Lamb in Circle, a fine impression, with Lafrery’s address, trimmed on or just outside the platemark, some pale brown staining at the upper right sheet edge, a spot of brown ink in the margin at lower right, otherwise in very good condition
P., S. 422 x 277 mm.
来源
An unidentified brown ink collector's mark verso, possibly initials PG (not in Lugt). R. Johannes Meyer (1882-1967), Hamburg; then by descent to the present owner.
Little is known about Philippe de Soye other than he worked for a short time with Antonio Lafrery in Rome. The painting by Marcello Venusti is today in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj.