Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani, Anatomical Engraving, Icones Anatomicae

Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani, Anatomical Engraving, Icones AnatomicaeThis exquisitely rendered early 19th century anatomical engraving once formed part of the Icones Anatomicae a set of four volumes depicting various parts of the body. It was created by Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani (1725 1813) and his nephew, Floriano Caldani (1772 1836), a collaboration between two exceptional minds. When published, Icones Anatomicae was widely lauded as the finest representation of the anatomy to date and today it still garners a

The stems fill the top half of the canvas and extend into the upper corners

Signed in the lower left and housed within a gilt frame

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You can find an example at AbeBooks

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he did a great deal for the local community

indicates that the portrait is at least 150 years old

It’s early Autumn

and spent many years working in The Hague

The painting reminds us of another evening landscape by Williams titled “At The Blacksmith’s”

We love the way that the foreground colours are muted and the trees are almost imperceptible

227 achieved for ‘Scène Champêtre Dans La Vallée De La Seine’ (47cm x 31cm) in 1990