Description Medium: Copper engraving (etching) on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 32 x 49 cm (12.6 x 19.29 inch). Image size: 32 x 49 cm. (12.6 x 19.29 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Some paper loss in top margin and bottom right margin, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. FAUN, NEOCLASSICAL PRINT, MUSEO PIO CLEMENTINO, ALESSANDRO MOCHETTI, CLASSICAL SCULPTURE, ROMAN MYTHOLOGY, ANCIENT ART | PCO-B2-32 BACKGROUND INFORMATION From ‘Il Museo Pio-Clementino’, Rome, 1784. Biography engraver: Alessandro Mochetti (1760-1812) was an Italian engraver from Rome, active in the late 18th century. Known for precise architectural and archaeological engravings, he contributed to major works such as the Museo Pio Clementino. Biography artist: Vincenzo Dolcibene (c. 1746-1820) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, known for archaeological drawings used in scholarly publications such as Il Museo Pio Clementino.
