Foreign Topography

20x12 cm

Veuë du pont Realte de Venize jnventé par Michel Ange.
Gravé par Israel Silvestre 
P Mariette ex Avec privil. du Roy.

Etching by Israel Sylvestre (1621-1691) plate 7 from a series of 12 published in Vues d'Italie. by Pierre Marsette, Paris 1640-1660.

Born in Nancy in 1621, Sylvestre made several trips to Italy from about 1640 to 1653, producing a large number of fine etchings.

View of the Ponte di Rialto in Venice invented by Michelangelo.

Contemporary manuscript notation lower right margin; N^o. ⁷/₆₀

Very good condition.