Bidspirit auction | Giuseppe Diamantini (1621-1705) Allegoria della

Giuseppe Diamantini (1621-1705) Allegoria della pittura, c. 1690 Etching 25,4 x 19,2 cm Second state out of two with some retouchings in the composition. Very rare work currently known in only four copies (one of which in the first state, before retouchings, kept at the Rijskmuseum in Amsterdam). For Giuseppe Diamantini see Bartsch.XXI. Bellini (Bartsch Commentary) .47, part 3. Delicate impression, printed on paper with the watermark 'Flower in the circle' datable to the 17th century. Fair condition, the lower couplet missing, folds and some restorations of the peeling on the reverse.