Claude Gellee, dit Lorrrain – Time, Apollo and the Seasons 1662
etching, State II/VII – 19.4 x 25 cm
Unframed – Price : £400
References: Mannocci 43, Robert-Dumesnil 20; Duplessis 20, Blum 39, Knab 146, Russell 50
This state was published in all editions of John McCleery’s A Collection of 200 Etchings of 1816.
Condition: This was never a strongly inked plate. The faint distant view is characteristic of many of the states. Otherwise good. Vertical line/mark visible in among trees on the right. Very faint mark on cloud above temple. The print has been trimmed around image and encompasses the text lines at bottom: Apollo in atto di obedire al tempo. la Prmavera a cominciare il ballo. Leslate non manca del suo calore. Lautunno colsuo lieuore Seguita. Linuerno tierne la sua Staggione. Claudio Gillee inven. Fec Roma 1662 Conlicenza de super.
Print has been attached around its edges to a backing sheet – not new. Study images carefully.