A Young Girl with a Sleeping Shepherd (The Sleeping Endymion)
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
* 1665 † 1747
Etching. Watermark: Clover with the letter ‘M’ attached. Size of sheet: 24.7 x 18.2 cm.
Literature: T.I.B. 43.15.
Provenance: Johann Friedrich Frauenholz (1758 – Nuremberg – 1822), (Lugt 1458). One of the leading print publishers and dealers; Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (1770 Ansbach – 1846 Berlin), (Lugt 2529). A leading art historian for prints. Author and publisher of Nagler’s Allgemeines Künstlerlexicon; Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, (Lugt 1606 and Lugt 2482).
Very fine impression of this rare print.
The print also might be by Ludovico Mattioli (1662 Crevaliore – 1747 Bologna). This print bears an impressive provenance.
£ 1.800.-