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Lot n° 8

Alberti, Pietro Francesco

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(1584-1638). The cat is supposed to pull the chestnuts out of the fire, held by a monkey, with a boy on the side pointing to the scene. Etching. 16,4 : 15 cm. Nagler, monogr. II, 2324, 6 (Pietro Faccini), ibid. IV, 2930 (Pietro Francesco Alberti). Bruillot I, 377, 4 (Pietro Faccini). Nagler contradicts the attributions to Faccini: "All these etchings are by Pietro Francesco Alberti." - Trimmed, especially at lower margin, little foxing.