1700s Giovanni Campiglia Engraving “Perseus saves Andromeda” Framed Signed COA

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Artist: Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768)
Title: Perseus and Andromeda
Medium: Antique copper engraving on laid paper, after the drawing, engraved by Cosmus Colombini (1700 – 1800)
Year: 1740 – 1768
Signature: Signed in the plate, in ink, lower left and right
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Sheet size 10 5/8 x 14 3/8 inches
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 20 x 23 inches
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
According to Greek legend, Queen Cassiopeia angered the sea god Poseidon by claiming that she (or in some versions her daughter Andromeda) was more beautiful than the Nereids. As punishment Poseidon sent a sea monster to attack her land. The only way that the monster could be averted was by the chaining of Andromeda to a rock in the sea as a sacrifice. The hero Perseus saw the abandoned Andromeda and came to her rescue. Here he holds out his hand to guide her to safety over the body of the slain monster.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici. He initially trained under Tommaso Redi and Lorenzo del Moro, then in Bologna under Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. During his career, Campiglia was employed at Rome and Florence, painting and engraving historical subjects and portraits. Campiglia worked with Antonio Francesco Gori for over a decade on the Museum Florentium, a collection of images of all the famous artists of Florence. Campiglia’s contributions were published in 1734, which induced Pope Clement XII to bring him to Rome. There he worked with historian Giovanni Gaetano Bottari in engravings for his multi-volume Musei Capitolini. His highly finished drawings of antique and famous statues of Rome were highly prized by British tourists.

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1700s giovanni campiglia engraving "perseus saves andromeda" framed signed coa1700s Giovanni Campiglia Engraving “Perseus saves Andromeda” Framed Signed COA
$2,049.00