Putti at play. Charming Pompeii Putti fresco engraving c1760.

by Lavega, Francesco

18th century antique print of excavated Pompeii fresco of Putti at Work and Play.

Original copperplate-engraved mezzotint c1760 by Rocco Pozzi after a drawing by Francesco Lavega for the most important 18th century recording of the archaeological findings from excavations at Pompeii, Ercolano (Herculaneum) and Stabiae (Campania), - hundreds of years after the region was covered by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD79. With patronage of King Charles II, published in Naples between 1757 and 1792, with fine later hand-colour.

This engraving is currently half-framed: mounted between antique-white conservation ragmat board, and covered with cellophane for presentation and protection until framed. External size (frame window) 29 x 34cm (11.5 x 13.5 inches).
Each window size is approximately 13 x 18cm (5 x 7 inches).
(These 4 Pairs of Putti Playing would look wonderful together in one frame. All 4 (prints only) would be $400.)