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Albertolli - Candelabra Design

 

A strikingly elegant antique engraving (circa 1805) by the famous Swiss-Italian architect and designer Giocondo Albertolli, who among other things, did the interior decor for the La Scala Opera House and the Uffizi in Florence.

 

Giocondo Albertolli (1742-1839) was a member of a distinguished Swiss-Italian family of artists, architects and teachers. He became famous for his refined architectural decorations in stucco, and he did decors for the Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi in Florence, La Scala and the Palazzo Reale in Milano

Albertolli's style was based on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Tuscan stuccowork, and he also found inspirtation in the architectural finds at Pompei and Herculaneum which were being excavated at that time.

We believe this print most likely comes from the book: Corso elementare di ornamenti architettonici. Ideato e disegnato ad uso de principianti.

This book was published around 1805 by Albertolli with masterful engravings done after his drawings by Giacomo Mercoli and Ambrogio Barioli.

The text at the bottom of the print reads: Gioc. Alertolli inv. e dis, -- "Candelabro in grande, che fa lórnamento della contonata del volto dimonstrato nella Tav. XIII - Giac Mercoli nipote inc.

 

Dimensions: 12.5 X 18.5 inches

Condition: Light toning of sheet, with some very faint spots. Several light creases running across the center. Two small tears running in from margins, one around 1 inch, one around 1/2

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