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Lot 349
Two Prints by Old Masters
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591-1666), Engraved sketch of the God Mars, etching in brown ink, appears to be a later printing after the 17th-century printing, matted and framed; the second: Petrus Aquila after Raphael, Steterunt Sol, et Luna ad Nutum Iosue, Donec Israel de Amorraeis Vicisceretur. Iosue. C.X.Io. Iac. de Rub. form Romae. 39, etching and engraving on laid paper, circa 1675, possibly later, framed.

Platemark 9 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (the first); Platemark 9 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.

From the Collection of the late Keith Stanley, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Duke University, North Carolina

The first with sheet laid down/mounted to a backing; some toning and several foxing marks. The second with toning and scattered spotting; not examined out of frame.