The Calumny of Apelles, 1560, Engraving; first state of six, sheet: 12 15/16 x 12 1/2 in. (32.8 x 31.7 cm) trimmed inside borderline, Prints, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), After Luca Penni (Italian, Florence 1500/1504–1557 Paris), This proof demonstrates Ghisi’s working method as he translated a complex drawing of a classical scene by the artist Luca Penni on to the engraving plate. Much of the composition has been engraved, but several areas are drawn in pen and a grid remains over the lower right quadrant
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Calumny, Apelles, 1560, Engraving, first state, six, sheet, 12 15/16 x 12 1/2, 32.8 31.7 cm, trimmed inside borderline, Prints, Giorgio Ghisi, Italian, Mantua ca., 1520–1582, Mantua, After Luca Penni, Florence, 1500/1504–1557, Paris, proof, demonstrates, Ghisi, working, method, translated, complex drawing, classical scene, artist Luca, Penni, engraving plate, Much, composition, engraved, several areas, drawn, pen, grid remains, lower right, quadrant
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