An original nineteenth century pphotogravure/heliograph by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1904) after a fifteenth century engraving by Italian artist Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506).
It is a double portrait, depicting Ludovico Gonzaga lll, Marquis of Mantua, and his wife the Marchioness, Barbara of Bradenburg. Both are shown half length on either side of a pillar as if seen through a window.
Printed on ivory coloured wove paper and in excellent condition, no mount marks as recently framed.
Presented with an ivory coloured card mount within a black wood frame. Both mount and frame are in very good condition.
Note the mount hides the printed words beneath the image 'Heliogravure et Imp. A. Durand Paris'.
Glazed and ready to hang.
Measures 32 x 44cm including the frame, the plate size is approximately 11 x 16cm.
Postage £7 to mainland UK, £24 to mainland Europe and £48 to the USA. For other destinations please contact me for a postage quote.
Charles Amand Durand was a French artist and engraver who perfected the art of restoring the old wooden and copper plates of the Old Master engravers using the art of photogravure. This would involve transferring the original image on to a new plate by photography and then etching it before printing on to paper thus recreating the image as originally made. Durand is considered the master of this process and many examples of his work are held in important institutional collections around the world, for example the Metropolitan Museum of New York
Another impression of this print was sold at auction in 2014 for £300.
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