Ottley, William Young: An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving: upon copper and in wood ; with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra to the time of Marc Antonio Raimondi (Band 2) (London, 1816) [Cicognara, 266B]

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MARC ANTONIO RAIMOND1. [chap. ix.

some doubts as to this engraving being by the hand of Marc'
Antonio, h. 6, l-4th: w. 4, 3-4ths. (B. 498.) '

292. The Tortra.it of the celebrated Poet Aretine. Head and shoul-
ders : seen nearly in a front view. This admirable specimen of
Marc' Antonio's talents is marked with the cypher, and in the mar-
gin at bottom is the following inscription :

petrvs arretinvs acerrimvs virtvtvm ac vitiorvm

demostrator.

non manvs art1ficis mage dignvm os pingere non os
hoc pingi poterat nobiliori manv
pellaevs iwenis si viveret hac volo destra
pingier hoc tantvm diceret ore can i.

h. (including the bottom margin) 8, 3-8ths: w. 5, 7-8ths. (B. 513.)

Class 6. Engravings copied by Marc' Antonio from the Works

of Albert Durer.

293—329. The Fall of Man and his Redemption through Christ: a
set of thirty-seven pieces, including the title. (See Cat. of Durer,
p. 739, Nos. 38—74.) These engravings, which have been already
spoken of, are marked with the tablet, h. 5,'w. 3, 7-8ths. Bartsch
notices three different impressions of this work. In the ordinary
ones, the plates are numbered. The first impressions, according
to Bartsch, are without numbers. (B. 584—620.)

330—346. The Life of the Madonna; a set of seventeen pieces,
(see Cat. of Durer, p. 731, Nos. 75—94), being copies, as I have be-
fore stated, of the entire series by Durer; except the title, and the
two pieces representing the Death and the Assumption of the
Virgin. These engravings are marked with the cypher of Albert
Durer, and are numbered from 1 to 17. The last piece only
bears the monogram of Marc' Antonio himself, h. 11, 3-8ths : w. 8,
l-4th. (B. 621—637.)