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

Axel Johansen (1872-1938)

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and various clifftop dwellings

And rent asunder with the violent rush of the moving wings

The portrait is presented in an oval and housed within a later frame

It’s a beautiful piece

Provenance Germany Condition

during the early part of the 18th century

just one year after the end of World War I

which was fitted at the waist and flared out into a skirt

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but when he had given his friendship