Giuseppe Adora il Bambino sotto una Palma

Black and white etching and burin on wire rod paper. Second and final state, after the numbering. Signed, numbered and dated on the lower left margin of plate. 19° plate from the series “Idee Pittoresche sopra la Fuga in Egitto”.

Excellent impression, very fresh and bright ink with a sharp line, wide margins.Some small printing folds on the margins, some light foxing, and very small abrasions on the lower margin, discolored date on the lower margin. Overall very good conditions.

As reported on the lower margin, this is the 19th plate of a series of 24 engravings by Giandomenico Tiepolo for Carlo Filippo, Prince of Greinffenklau, in which the same theme, that of the Flight into Egypt, is represented in a new and original way for each sheet.

The series entitled " Pictorial Ideas on the Flight into Egypt of Jesus, Mary and Joseph " and published in 1753 in Würzburg is considered the etching masterpiece of the old master Giandomenico Tiepolo. 

Reference: De Vesme, 19; Rizzi, 85; Succi, 60.