Pivati Gianfrancesco - The Impalement of Enemy - Etching on paper (1746/51)
Estimate: £100 - £200
The Impalement of Enemy is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This original print, representing the impalement of the enemy and a scene of fight among the American Aboriginals, is from the series New Scientific and Curious Dictionary concerning the Sacred and the Profane, Tome VII, Plate X, published by Benedetto Milocco in Venice in 1746-1751, concerning the Uses and Costumes, Religious Rites of people.
This original print, representing the impalement of the enemy and a scene of fight among the American Aboriginals, is from the series New Scientific and Curious Dictionary concerning the Sacred and the Profane, Tome VII, Plate X, published by Benedetto Milocco in Venice in 1746-1751, concerning the Uses and Costumes, Religious Rites of people.