A strong crisply engraved mid 18th century engraving printed on wonderful thick laid paper. Ferdinando Ruggieri (1691-1741) was an architect who worked principally in Tuscany. He favored the Italian Baroque style of architecture. This engraving was included in Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne Della Citta di Firenze published in Florence in 1755.

14 1/4 x 18 inches, sheet.
Uncolored engraving.
Excellent condition.

A strong crisply engraved mid 18th century engraving printed on wonderful thick laid paper. It depicts architecture designed by Raphael of Urbino. Ferdinando Ruggieri (1691-1741) was an architect who worked principally in Tuscany. He favored the Italian Baroque style of architecture. This engraviing was included in Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne Della Citta di Firenze published in Florence in 1755.

14 1/4 x 18 inches, sheet.
Uncolored engraving.
Excellent condition.

A strong crisply engraved mid 18th century engraving depicting an architectural design of Vincenzio Dcamozzi printed on wonderful thick laid paper. Ferdinando Ruggieri (1691-1741) was an architect who worked principally in Tuscany. He favored the Italian Baroque style of architecture. This engraving was included in Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne Della Citta di Firenze published in Florence in 1755.

14 1/4 x 18 inches, sheet.
Uncolored engraving.
Excellent condition.

A strong crisply engraved mid 18th century engraving printed on wonderful thick laid paper. Ferdinando Ruggieri (1691-1741) was an architect who worked principally in Tuscany. He favored the Italian Baroque style of architecture. This engraving was included in Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne Della Citta di Firenze published in Florence in 1755.

14 1/4 x 18 inches, sheet.
Uncolored engraving.
Excellent condition.

A strong crisply engraved mid 18th century engraving of a doorway design by Bernardo Buontalenti printed on wonderful thick laid paper. Ferdinando Ruggieri (1691-1741) was an architect who worked principally in Tuscany. He favored the Italian Baroque style of architecture. This engraving was included in Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne Della Citta di Firenze published in Florence in 1755.

14 1/4 x 18 inches, sheet.
Uncolored engraving.
Excellent condition.

Original 18th century oblong folio engravings included in the first series of Camporesi’s spectacular series of decorative engravings of Raphael’s loggie, the wall embellishments painted in the Pope’s private apartments, beautifully decorated by Bramante and upon his death in 1514, the murals were finished by Raphael and his pupil Giovani da Udine in 1519.

Loggie di Raphael nel Vaticano was a work commissioned by Pope Clement XIII to portray one of the best kept secrets of the Renaissance. The plates depict the pilaster frescoes, in stucco relief, of the doorways and windows of the Pope’s private apartments. The murals are renown for their highly stylized portrayal of classical and biblical scenes and figures. The fanciful “grotesqueness” of Raphael and Udine’s designs show how much they were inspired by the recently discovered Golden House of Nero.

Indeed the term “grotesque” was born out of the loggie, having been applied to it due to the similarity of the designs in the subterranean rooms or “grottoes” of Nero’s Palace and these pilaster’s frescoes. Some historians place these designs amongst the defining pieces of the Italian Renaissance along with Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel and Masaccio’s Carine Church.

Decoratively framed in carved gold and burled wood frame.

Oblong folio copperplate engravings.
44 x 17 inches sight, 54 x 20 inches outside frame dimensions.
Clean impression with good old color, some time toning to paper, otherwise very good condition.