Lot n° 46

RIBERA, Jusepe de (lo Spagnoletto) Drunken Silenus, s.d. Etching, 26,7 x 35 cm (trimmed to the borderline); engr. name and mention "Romae D.D.", without date. Central vertical fold, underlaid. Pasted by upper part, passe-partout. 

Estimation : 150 / 200
Adjudication : 260 €
Description
Reverse copy of "Ribera's final masterpiece in printmaking, this is a variant of the composition of a painting made two years earlier (in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples), which in turn was inspired by an engraving by Annibale Carracci of the same subject" (Fitzwilliam Museum). 
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