Galerie Christian Collin

(1663 - 1732)

Mirtil, disguised as a nymph, brought to Amaryllis by her sister (Act II, scene 1)

Etching

circa 1700

Impression on laid paper, plate from a set of 12 illustrating Giovanni Battista Guarini's pastoral tragi-comedy Il Pastor Fido.

Sheet: 417 x 252 mm

Plate: 259 x 188 mm

Reference: a proof is preserved in the Société des Bollandistes in Etterbeek (Belgium)

Condition: dusty, two small holesin the upper margin, one small stain in the left margin and one in the lower margin.