Nicolas Beatrizet, c. 1507. Engraving.

Nicolas Beatrizet was a French engraver who spent most of his working life in Rome. This image recounts the story of the handsome Trojan shepherd Ganymede, who was admired by Jupiter. The god assumed the form of an eagle, descended to Earth and took the boy away to be his cup-bearer.

"N.82 Napuun 1866 Bartsch V. 15 P. 43" in an old hand verso. "GANIMEDIS IVVENIS TROIANUS RAPTUS A IOVE" in the plate.

Collection Graf Czernin, Kiev (19th c.)

Dimensions 16" x 11" (image) 24" x 19" (frame)

Etienne Duperac, 1520. Engraving.

Duperac, a French architect and printmaker, published I Vestigi dell’Antichita di Roma in 1575, one of the first collections of views of Roman ruins ever produced. This print is plate 17 from the third (1621) edition.

Unidentified collector’s stamp recto. Extensively inscribed in the plate, describing the monuments depicted, verso.

Private collection, New York

Dimensions 8 3/4” x 15 1/4” (image) 15” x 21” (frame)

Italian School, c. 1650. Sepia ink on laid paper.

A record of ruins on the Palatine and in the Forum. Studies of this type were often used as composition aids when the artist returned to his studio. Bottom edge made up with small strips of paper.

Continental watermark. Chalk drawing of ruins on the reverse.

From a Pennsylvania estate

Dimensions 10” x 16” (image) 18 1/2” x 24” (frame)