Simone Cantarini (Italian, 1612 - 1648) - Mars, Venus and Cupid - after Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528 - 1588)

Simone Cantarini (Detto Il Pesarese) (Italian, 1612 - 1648) - "Mars, Venus and Cupid" - etching after Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528 - 1588). First state of two. Proof published ca. 1637 - 1639, before the added publishers address. Printed on cream thick laid paper. Signed in the plate PCI (for Paolo Caliari Invenit), lower right.

Preserved in a reasonably good state of conservation, with some traces of age. Slightly fading towards the edges. Later attribution marked in pencil lower right and old inscriptions in pencil on reverse lower. Trimmed inside the plate. Remains of hinges on the backside at corners and center.

The print is not framed. Total dimensions of the sheet (trimmed) - 24.5 x 19 cm.

Literature: Bartsch, XIX.142.32; Bellini 1980, no.9 (first state of two); Massari 1997.

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