14th C Priest angels w/ harps superb 1823 print

14th C Priest angels w/ harps superb 1823 print

"Pittura a tempera, sul legno di Col Antonio del fiore, in Napoli XIV Secolo" - Very nice crisp large copperplate engraving printed on high quality white paper with deep plate impression on big full sheet. Very appealing and nicely executed engraving. Printed in 1823.

From Jean-Baptiste Louis-Georges Séroux d'Agincourt's monumental 6 volume masterwork Histoire de l'art part les monuments depuis sa décadence au IVe siècle jusqu'à son renouvellement au XVIe siècle - "Collector and historian of ancient and medieval art, Séroux befriended artists and collectors who frequented the salon of Marie-Therese Geoffrin, including Denis Diederot, Jean-Honore Fragonard, and Francois Boucher. He was influenced by the school of Pierre Jean Mariette (1694-1774) and comte de Caylus (1692-1765), the archaeologist. In 1777 he visited England, Belgium, Holland, and a part of Germany; in 1778 he went to Italy, where he devoted himself particularly to the study of the Catacombs of Rome. Between 1779 to 1789, Séroux attempted to complete an encyclopedic book recording the history of art from antiquity to the Italian Renaissance, but publication was delayed by the French Revolution. He formed the plan of imitating for Christian art the work which Winkelmann had done for ancient art, and of studying Christian art from its antiquity up to the Renaissance. This task, in which Louis XVI was also interested, was far from being finished at the time of his death. The book was completed and published posthumously in 1823 by Toussaint-Bernard Emeric-David. The work remained influential well into the 19th century. An English translation by Owen Jones was published in 1847."

Full Image area size approx 8.5" x 5", printed in Paris by Treuttel & Wurtz in 1823

Due to age, some minor foxing and toning may be present, please view pictures. Image detail as well as full sheet are pictured.

Suitable for framing.