Lodovico Carracci - 2 engravings from St. Michele Bologna 17...

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Lodovico Carracci - 2 engravings from St. Michele Bologna 1776.

This rare copper engraving is from Il Claustro di S. Michele in Bosco di Bologna dipinto dal famoso Lodovico Carracci e da altri Eccellenti Maestri usciti Dalla Sua Scuola descritto ed illustrato da Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti (The Cloister of San Michele in Bosco in Bologna de 'Olivetani Monks painted by the famous Lodovico Carracci and other excellent masters from his school described and illustrated by Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti). Published in Bologna 1776.

Plate 9 from this work and is entitled Placido liberato miracolosamente dal sommergersi nel Fiume (Placid miraculously freed from submerging in the River). Drawn by Giacomo Calvi after Lucio Massari and engraved by Giovanni Fabbri.

Plate 24 is entitled Il frumento trovato, e da Facchini portato a riporsi - The wheat found and brought to rest by Facchini. This print was drawn by Domenico Maria Fratta after Lucio Massari and engraved by Giovanni Fabbri.

Size(cm): Page 38 x 26, Platemark 32 x 19
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The prints are in excellent condition - please inspect the images

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