Rest of the Flight into Egypt

Etching and engraving, circa 1786, signed at lower right. After Francesco Albani.

From Raccolta Di Opere Scelte.

Around 1749 it was decided that the plates executed by Lefevre for the famous Opera Selectiora set were to be republished. Because of a change in taste, and because they had worn off, the plates were either retouched with burin work by artists such as Giuseppe Waggner and Johann Gottfried Saiter, or completely remade. The set was published as Le opere scelte dipinte da Tiziano Vecellio di Cadore, e da Paolo Cagliari di Verona (Venice, 1749). A second edition, with added plates from the collection of Lovisa, was published by Teodoro Viero (Venice, 1786) under a different title: Raccolta Di Opere Scelte Dipinte da Tiziano Vecellio, Antonio Regillo detto il Pordenone, Giacomo Robusti detto il Tintoretto, Paolo Calliari Veronese, Dario Varotari detto il Padoanino, Li Bassani, Giacomo Palma, Giuseppe Salviati, e varj altri celebri Maestri della Scola Veneziana, che fiorirono ne' tempi posteriori. Disegnate, ed Incise in parte Da Valentino Le Febre Di Bruxelles, ed in parte Da Silvestro Manaigo, e da Andrea Zucchi Veneti.

A fine impression, with margins, perfect condition.