Auction 16
Dec 19, 2020
Italy
Viale Africa, 12 - 95129 Catania
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LOT 18:
Round golden brass in wooden frame ebonized
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Round golden brass in wooden frame ebonized
De Nuptis Mercurii et Philologiae, late eighteenth century
Depiction of Philology of the rise in the sky to marry Mercury, the god of eloquence, in a meeting with the liberal arts. In the background an architectural landscape with deep relief Etching on copper stiacciato making it a great sense of depth and relief. They celebrate the event the seven liberal arts: grammar, dialectic, rhetoric, the "Trivium", arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music, the "crossroads".
Tondo golden stiacciato diameter 15 cm, diameter 25 cm frame , .
Small gold deficiencies for use.

