Bidspirit auction | Nicolas Beatrizet (1573)

Nicolas Beatrizet (1573) - Burin, 360 x 255 mm (plate), 495 x 352 mm (sheet). Well-inked impression on laid paper with watermark: scale within a shield surmounted by a cross. Excellent condition, except for a small tear on the upper margin. Included: Etienne Dupérac Circus Maximus, taken from 'De ludis circensibus libri II' by Onofrio Panvinio. Burin, 320 x 450 mm (sheet). Ref. H. Zerner, Observation on Duperac and the Drawings of Le Ruine di Roma and how they were Anciently, Art Bullettin, 1965, XLVII Printed on laid paper with watermark. Trace of a central vertical fold. Light creasing. Small margins.