A SERIES OF SIX LARGE 19TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS REPRODUCING RELIGIOUS ARTWORK OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE by Titian, Bellini, Michael Angelo, Fra Bartolommeo, Bonazza, and Ribera]

Presumed from the unlettered series of plates celebrating German engravers. Very fine large engravings reproducing Italian paintings by the engravers Ludwig Kuhn, Peter Halm, Karl von Siegl, Jakob Groh, Wilhelm Krauskopf, and Doris Raab. 43.3 x 30.4 cm plates, heavy wove paper with wide margins, each plate with a tissue guard captioned in red. Six folio plates. In very good condition, some of the plates and tissues have a little edgewear or minor light soiling, in no case effecting the printed images.

Edizione: a very handsome collection of german engravings based on italian religious art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. the six plates included are:<br><br>1. doris raab (1851-1899)—a fascinating female german engraver. the christ with the four evangelists” (aka “the resurrection of our lord”) after the painting in the collection of the galleria palatina (palazzo pitti), florence, executed in 1516 by fra bartolommeo.<br><br>2. peter halm (1854-1923). madonna enthroned (aka madonna and child) after a circa 1505 painting by giovanni bellini.<br><br>3. ludwig kuhn (1859-1936) madonna of the pesaro family after the painting in the church of santa maria gloriosa dei frari in venice executed by titian circa 1519.<br><br>4. jakob groh (1855-1917) madonna and child (aka "pitti tondo") by michael angelo buonarroti reproduced from the marble bas-relief at the museo nazionale del bargello in florence, executed sometime around 1504.<br><br>5. wilhelm krauskopf (1847-1921) descent from the cross "espagnolet" reproduced from the original in the museo nazionale di san martino in naples by jusepe de ribera in circa 1588<br><br>6. karl von siegl (1842-1900) adoration of the three kings (magi) after the bas-relief by venetian baroque sculptor giovanni bonazza (1654–1736), located in the chiesa dei santi giovanni e paolo, venice.