Lelio COSATTI Etching. COSATTI. Facciata del Duomo di Siena...
COSATTI, Lelio. Facciata del Duomo di Siena...Roma, Maximilianus Limpach, 1719
Large sheet, etching, mm. 475x690, margins. Printed on strong paper. At the top in the center the title, on the right a scroll with the dedication. At the bottom right the signature of the publisher "Maximilianus Limpach Sculp. Romae sup. perm.” restored marginal tear, good specimen.
Extremely rare and splendid representation of the Duomo in Siena. Are depicted at the center elevation of cathedral fa?ade, on the left the plan of the church and on the right the interior perspective and the dedication “Lelius Cosatti Patritius senensis in sui erga Patriam amoris argumentum magnificum Templum a sé delineatum incidii curavit MDCCIX". Maximilian Limpach was an engraver from Bohemia and worked in Rome for several years.