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Pinelli, Bartolomeo (1781 in Rome – 1835 ibid): "Il rettorico Teodato presenta a Giulio Cesare la testa di Pompeo" original copper engraving ca.31x42cm (representation/image size) by and after Pinelli on handmade paper (42x54cm) titled, inscribed and dated in the plate; Pinelli Rome 1819

The decorative as well as rare sheet is unfresh and brownstained towards the edges and occasionally with smoothed creases and pleats.

Copper engraving a bit shopworn and foxy as well as with some smoothed folds.

Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781 in Rome – 1835 in Rome), who has largely been forgotten today, was considered one of the most famous Italian draftsmen of the 19th century. century. Financially supported by the nephew of Pope Benedict XIV. Pinelli published 1816-1819, based on Charles Rollin's (1661 in Paris - 1741 ibid) work published in 1738-41 "Histoire romaine depuis la fondation de Rome jusqu'a la bataille d'Actium", a volume of plates on Roman history.

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