Foreign Topography

20x12 cm

Veuë de la place et de l'Eglise de Notre Dame de Lorette, et de logement des peres penitenciers.
Gravé par Israel Silvestre 
P. Mariette ex Avec privil. du Roy.

View of the square and the Church of Notre Dame de Loreto, and the houses of the pentitiary fathers. (Piazza della Madonna and the Basilica and Sanctuary of the Holy House, Loreto.)

Etching by Israel Sylvestre (1621-1691) plate 10 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.

Contemporary manuscript notation lower right margin; N^o. ¹⁰/₆₀

Very good condition.