Elisabetta Sirani (Bologna, 1638 - 1665) - Saint Eustace has a vision of the cruciferous deer - 1655 - (260 x 190) mm

Elisabetta Sirani (Bologna, 1638 – 1665) Saint Eustace has a vision of the cruciferous deer, 1655, mm 260 x 190 Excellent etching, richly inked in the second state of two after the erasure of the signature on the stone in the lower right. Laid paper, contemporary laid paper with a watermark difficult to interpret, 1 mm margin beyond the platemark. First version of the Saint Eustace print, engraved by Sirani in 1655 without the cartouche, added in the second version of 1657-8.