Drawing By Pierino Del Vaga (Original Etching And Aquatint In Sepia)

Rome Circa 1775-1780, 1780. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Near Fine. Large Original Etching, 11 3/8" X 7 5/8", Ample Margins All Around, Plate Number N. Vi At Upper Right. One Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Stefano Mulinari (1741-Circa 1790) Studied Printmaking Techniques Under A. Scacciati. He Then Worked As An Assistant To This Master, Engraving A Series Of Plates Based Upon Old Master Drawings In The Florentine Collection. This Series Consisted Of One Hundred Plates. Upon The Death Of Scacciati, Mulinari Completed The Remaining Sixty Engravings By Himself And Secured A Strong Reputation For His Art, Which Combined Etching, Engraving And Aquatinting, Usually In Sepia Tones.Mulinari Devoted Himself To Engraving Drawings From The Italian Renaissance. In 1775 He Published A Set Of Fifty Engravings Dealing With The Art Of The Earliest Masters. This Was Followed In 1780 By A Series Depicting The Paintings And Drawings Of The Great Italian Schools, Entitled, Saggio Delle Cinque Scuole Di Pittura Italiana. Outstanding Etchings After The Designs Of Leonardo, Raphael, Caravaggio, Parmigiano And Guercino Were Created By Mulinari. In Total, Stefano Mulinari Published Over Two Hundred Original Etchings, Including Thirteen Based Upon The Drawings Of Guercino.