Jacopo Caraglio ( 1500 ca.-1565 ), Apollo | Hercules

lot of two prints, after Rosso Fiorentino, with retouches by Francesco Villamena.

Engraving, 205 x 111 mm and 213 x 110 mm (plate), approx. 295 x 220 mm (sheet). From the series of 20 engravings with mythological deities, state III/III, retouched by Villamena, especially in the part of the edges around the niches, covered with cuts. B.XV.78.34.11 and 15.

Very fine, clear impressions on laid paper with fragments of watermark (fleur-de-lys within double circle). Sheets in very good condition but with light signs of oxidation and some holes. "Hercules" with a stain on the right margin and a short tear on the left margin.