Carlo Lasinio

Cristoforo Colombo (Portrait of Christopher Columbus)

Carlo Lasinio's portrait of the great Italians explorer "Cristoforo Colombo" is an original etching and engraving created in 1811. This impression is printed upon early 19th century wove paper and with full margins as published in Italy at the above date. Carlo Lasinio's engraving of Christopher Columbus includes a highly decorative framework, a laurel, flags, nautical instruments and his famous ship in the background, while an extensive text outlines his life and achievements.

Portrait of Cristoforo Colombo Christopher Columbus Original Etching and Engraving by Carlo Lasinio

Cristoforo Colombo (Portrait of Christopher Columbus)

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Carlo Lasinio (Treviso, 1759 - Pisa, 1838)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	-
01-		Cristoforo Colombo (Portrait of Christopher Columbus) by Carlo Lasinio designed by Santi Soldaini.	Original Etching and Engraving	1811	Sold
02.-		Detail of a Florentine Fresco (From the Set of Forty Plates of Frescoes at Florence) by Carlo Lasinio designed by Rosso.	Original Hand-Coloured Etching and Engraving	1789

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Title:	Cristoforo Colombo (Portrait of Christopher Columbus)
Engraver:	Lasinio, Carlo (Italy, 1759 - 1838)
Designer:	Soldaini, Santi
Date:	1811
Medium:	Original Etching and Engraving
Note:	Carlo Lasinio: One of Italy's most distinguished engravers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Carlo Lasinio began his career as a painter at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. He soon however turned to printmaking after his move to Florence in 1778, eventually producing two large series of architectural etchings in 1787 and 1789. Carlo Lasinio also taught engraving techniques at the Accademia in Florence and became a Professor there in 1800.
	Carlo Lasinio moved to Pisa in 1807 to accept the post of Conservatore of the Camposanto. He is credited with saving the famous Camposanto and its contents from ruin, due mostly to the war with Napoleon's France. In 1812 he began his most famous series of etchings of the frescoes in the Camposanto, entitled, "Pitture a fresco del Camp Santo di Pisa. These large etchings were composed in the outline style and proved to be very influential on 19th century European painters, particularly Rossetti and other Pre-Raphaelite painters in Britain. Carlo Lasinio also founded the Academy in Pisa.
	Apart from his many fine series of engravings and etchings, Carlo Lasinio also created individual works of art. His portrayals of eminent Italians include the great explorers, Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. His large engraving of Columbus includes a highly decorative framework, a laurel, flags, nautical instruments and his famous ship in the background, while an extensive text outlines his life and achievements below. A banner above his head reads, "While the sun shines this famous and illustrious ligurian's name will live in glory." This monumental etching and engraving is known to be very scarce.
Size:	18 X 13 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon early nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins as published in Italy in 1811. Containing extensive horizontal and vertical creasing as well as slight foxing in the margins, else a finely printed impression. Cristoforo Colombo (Portrait of Christopher Columbus) is both a scarce and important example of the engraved art of Carlo Lasinio.
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