Le Sacrifice de Noé, Noah’s Sacrifice. First edition of the salt print.
Paris: Chez Goupil et Cie Boulevart Montmartre., Londres: Dque Colnaghi et Cie, , Pall Mall East, circa 1854. 23.5 x 20 cm. on 34 x 47cm. support sheet. cm. Photographic salt price from the 6e livraison of "Planches Photographiques . Notice Sur La Vie De Marc Antoine Raimondi Graveur Bolonais Accompagnée de Reproductions Photographiques De Quelques unes de ses Estampes Par M. Benjamin Delessert." ......his was one of the first significant uses of photography for art history, the prints being replicated at the size of the originals. ... Each plate is pasted onto a sheet carrying a brief printed caption and a numeric reference to Bartsch.
References:
Truthful Lens 46; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 457566239;
R. van Straten, Marcantonio Raimondi and his school: an iconographic index to A. von Bartsch, Le Peintre-graveur, vols. 14, 15 and 16 (1988); I.H. Shoemaker and E. Broun, The engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi (1981); K. Oberhuber, The works of Marcantonio Raimondi and of his school (1978) (26-27 (XIV 1, 2) of The illustrated Bartsch, ed. W. Strauss). Item #16-5824
Price: $125.00