Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), after - Paesaggio fluviale

A refined period etching on laid paper, after an engraving design by Annibale Carracci. The plate depicts an ideal river landscape, dominated at the center by a majestic forked tree that acts as the visual focal point. In the background one can glimpse a village at the foot of a mountain, while in the foreground two figures linger along the shore. The work is a magistral example of the Bolognese "Ideal Landscape," which influenced all European art of the eighteenth century
The sheet presents a natural age patina. There are slight browning and marginal foxing that do not affect the central figurative part. The specimen is complete and not trimmed inside the plate margin.