Galerie Christian Collin

(1663 - 1732)

Aminta sacrifices himself in Lucrina's place

Etching

circa 1700

Impression on laid paper, plate from a set of 12 illustrating Giovanni Battista Guarini's pastoral tragi-comedy Il Pastor Fido.

Sheet: 413 x 250 mm

Plate: 261 x 192 mm

Reference: a proof is preserved in the Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam.

Condition: dusty, two small holes in the upper margin and two in the image, foxings in the upper margin.