Watermark: Ladder within a circle surmounted by a six-pointed star (Briquet 5924).

Literature: Massari 47.

Provenance: Collection of Robert Balmanno (1780-1866), London and New York (Lugt 213),

Collection of Richard Jung (1911-1986), Freiburg im Breisgau (Lugt 3791).

A well known image in a good impression, with some made up losses in the lower right corner.

Based on a design by the artist, now in the Ashmolean Museum (WA1863.639). According to an inscription in Balmanno’s hand on the verso, this impression was presented to the collector by the painter Thomas Lawrence in 1818.

The print does not appear to have been a part of Lawrence’s collection, as it lacks his collector’s mark. It is, however, entirely consistent with Lawrence’s interest in early Italian prints and drawings, particularly those made by artists in the orbit of Raphael and Marcantonio Raimondi. Balmanno and Lawrence were quite close in the period, Balmanno having edited for publication the artist’s addresses to the Royal Academy delivered in 1823, 1825, and 1826. The first of these addresses was dedicated to Balmanno.