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Look what Martin Fennelly Antiques has put up for sale on-line: <br/><br/> <a href='http://www.fennelly.net/Item.aspx?id=15690'>800 Set of Four Classical Giovanni Battista Framed Engravings</a><br/><br/><img src='https://file.4pm.ie/828/62986783.jpg.137x137.png' alt='800 Set of Four Classical Giovanni Battista Framed Engravings'/><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);"><b>This is a set of 4 Framed Engravings by Giovanni Battista </b>(1618&ndash;1677) (after the originals) and they make for a stunning combination. Battista was an Italian</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);"> painter and etcher of the </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Baroque</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);"> period. Born in </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Florence</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">, he was a pupil of the painter </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Francesco Furini</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">, then moved to </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Rome</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">, where he joined the </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Accademia di San Luca</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);"> in 1652. He was an accomplished etcher and produced works for </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Leonardo Agostini</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">&rsquo;s book 'Le gemme antiche figurate' (1657&ndash;9). The </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Roman </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">baroque</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);"> painter and engraver </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Giovanni Francesco Venturini</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);"> was probably his pupil. The set are framed in wood which is stained with silver.<br /> </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);">Height</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);"> (of each) 27&quot; (69cm) <strong>Width</strong> 23&quot; (59cm)&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color: rgb(86, 125, 140);"> &euro;940 The Set</span></strong></span></p>