Description:
Artists and Engravers: Made by Georg Gottfried Winckler after Giovanni Battista Lenardi. Engraved by Winckler after Lenardi. Georg Gottfried Winckler (1731-1795) was a Leipzig merchant and art collector. Giovanni Battista Lenardi (1656-1704).
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Spes', The goddess/personification of Hope from Roman mythology, on a cloud while holding an anchor.
Condition: Very good, given age. A faint crease in the left margin. Margins a little soiled. A pinhole in the top edge of the image (in the final S of the title). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 39.6 x 30.5 cm. The image size is ca. 27.7 x 24 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 15.6 x 12 inch. The image size is ca. 10.9 x 9.4 inch.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Location: E2-29
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