Anton Marie Zanetti

Anton Maria Zanetti  is a beautiful original etching and burin on laid paper, realized by the Spanish artist Joannes de Plano (active in 1770-1780), as the inscription reports aroind the oval portrait. 

Below image, at left the inscription: Anton: Mariae Zanetti se ipsum delineavit; below image, at right: Joannes de Plano sculpsit; below image, at center: Anton Mariae Zanetti Alexandr: f: / Artis Pictoriae, at Linguae Graecae peritiss: / Per XLII annos a publ: D. Marci Bibliotheca benemerenti / Hic dormit in Domino / Ano LXXIII Aetatis suae / MDCCLXXVIII a Virg: part: / Quiescat in pace. / Inscriptio sepulchralis extrans Venetiis in Ecclesia Stae Mariae Mater Domini.

This original print, representing the official portrait of the Venetian  master, connaisseur and art collector, Antonio Maria Zanetti (1680-1787), is a part of the series "Varie Pitture a fresco de' principali maestri Veneziani ora la primate volta con le stampe pubblicate "(1778). 

In very good condition, except for minor signs of aging on the edges.