Trompe l'Oeil: Prints with Londonio's Calling Card, Using Original Copperplates

c. 1790

Milanese 18th Century

Artist

Francesco Londonio

Artist, Italian, 1723 - 1783

Benigno Bossi

Artist, Italian, 1727 - 1792

Milanese 18th Century, Francesco Londonio, and Benigno Bossi

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving printed in black and brown with ochre watercolor on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.8 x 37.5 cm (10 3/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 28.9 x 42.8 cm (11 3/8 x 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.163.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Scola 1994, no. 18, State and 19

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1994

  • Scola, Monica. Catalogo ragionato delle incisioni di Francesco Londonio. Milan, 1994.

Inscriptions

in Londonio's calling card: Fran.co Londonio Pittore / abita nella Casa dirimpetto / la Chiesa di S. Maria / presso S. Celso Milano.

Wikidata ID

Q76335955

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