View of the Arco della Pace in the Milan Aquatint of 1820-21 designed by F. Durelli and engraved by A. Biasioli

View of the Arco della Pace in a Milanese Aquatint from 1820-21 designed by F. Durellego and engraved by A. Biasioli in beautiful, harmonious color palette. 

Used in four points on a contemporary paper medium. It is in good condition, mounted inside a passe-partout in a frame from the interwar period, veneered with cherry wood, with bronze rosettes in the corners. 

Inserted into the work "New collection of main interior and exterior views of the city of Milan, designed by F. Durellego, added to the School of Perspective at the Academy of Fine Arts and engraved by Angelo Biasioli and other artists of Valenti" in Francesco Bernucca in Milan, Contrada dei tre Rè no. 4091 [1820-21]. Bibliography: Arrigoni Paolo “Milan in ancient graphics”, 1969, vol. I, p. 45, no. 145.

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