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Pietro Aquila, printmaker
Italian, 1650 - 1692
The Guardian Angel, after Carlo Maratta, 17th century
etching and engraving
29.4 x 19.7 cm (sheet)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.37163

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after, Carlo Maratti

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Artist Biography: Painter and printmaker. Probably born in Marsala, 1650, died in Alcama (also in Sicily) 1692. Most of his etchings done in Rome, including suites after Annibale Carracci's paintings for the Palazzo Farnese, the Raphael frescoes in the Vatican Loggie, and work after Pietro da Cortona and Cirro Ferri.~~Reference: LeBlanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris: 1854-59.~