Dominique Barriere (c.1618-1678) - 18th Century Etching The Road to the Castle

Description

Two figures, one on horseback, travel along a winding path toward a hilltop castle. This is a later restrike of a seventeenth-century etching by Dominique Barriere (c.1618-1678), printed in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (1627-1691). The work is elegantly presented in a wooden frame with gilt-effect slip. On paper.

Condition

Signs of wear consistent with age, including discolouration to the paper. Wear and scuffs to the frame.

Size

15 x 23.5cm (5.9" x 9.3")
Framed Size: 33.5 x 42cm (13.2" x 16.5")

Artist Biography

Painter and engraver Dominique Barriere (c.1618-1678) was born in Marseilles, France. He spent most of his career in Rome, where he engraved a considerable number of plates, many after Claude and other landscape painters, as well as other subjects.