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Sheet size: 7.3 X 9.8 inches. Original etching with etched inscription in the lower margin reading: "Claudio Gillee Inv. con licenza de Sup. An. 1668" at left & "Dom. Barriere Sculp. at right, printed on thin laid paper, trimmed to 7.8 X 9.8 inches. Fine condition save for moderate foxing. Free shipping to US address. (nt bx-r) Links: Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/384229 Note: Barrière was born at Marseilles in about 1622. He spent most of his career in Rome, where he engraved a considerable number of plates, after Claude & other landscape painters, as well as other subjects. They are neatly etched in the manner of Stefano della Bella. He died in Rome in 1678. He sometimes signed his plates with his name, Dominicus Barriere Massiliensis, & sometimes with the cipher which is the mark used by Domenico del Barbiere, & thus mistakes frequently arise, although their styles are extremely different. (source: wikipedia.org) Domenique Barriere After Gillee | French, C. 1622-1678, "Landscape With Mercury", 1668, Original Etching
