Sacellum in Templo D. Mariae ad praesepe condidit felicis memoriae Paulus V. Pontifex Maximus…

Etching, 1640 circa, in lower margin two columns of description, In Latin and French: Sacellum in Tempo D. Mariae ad praesepe condidit felicis memoriae Paulus V Pontifex Maximus, magnificum in primis ut facies/eius externa docet Imago Deiparae virginis a Sancto Luca delineata ad id operis pietatem pontificis accendit: voluit enim Tabu=/lam hanc sacram collocari in aediculae altari summo quod ex aere deaurato conflari iussit, et statuis argenteis ex lapide lazuro extantibus. Obeliscus/ autem qui non procul exinde surgit a Romanis olim cum aljis devectus este x Aegypto quem humi jacentem Sixt. V maximis jmpensis reigendum curavit. // Chapelle nastie a S.te Marie Major a Rome…// signed lower right Goyran sculp.

A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with wide margins, perfect condition. Very rare.

Claude Goyrand  was an engraver, etcher and copyist; 1633-48 active in Paris, Lyon and Rome. Engraver in circle of Henriet and Silvestre. Worked in Rome during 1640s; by 1650 established in Paris; from this date much of his work was commissioned by the King of France. Produced etchings after the designs of Claude Lorrain, Stefano della Bella, Jacques Callot, among others.

Literature

McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo, series C, part II – 1, n. 2124, p. 267.