Walter Valentini (1928) - La porta del cielo

Beautiful etching, aquatint, and drypoint by Walter Valentini, one of the finest ever made!! with the printer's stamp in the stone on the right.
The Gate of Heaven, 1999.
Etching.
Plate and sheet cm 54.5 x 36.
Edition 90 + XX + 10 H.C.
Colombe paper by Duchene.
Printer Sardella - Milan.

Walter Valentini (Pergola, October 22, 1928 – Milan, May 20, 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and engraver, internationally recognized in the field of graphic arts and printmaking.

He was a master of techniques such as etching, aquatint, drypoint, color lithography, and intaglio.
With a refined drypoint technique, Valentini presses the paper so that the drawing remains raised above the plane. The subjects of these engravings are the same as those of the plates; only the technique varies: from aquatint to etching to drypoint.