Carlo Alberto Petrucci, View of Rome, Original Etching and Drypoint, 1964

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View of Rome is an original Etching and Drypoint realized by Carlo Alberto Petrucci in 1964. Good condition included a … Read more View of Rome is an original Etching and Drypoint realized by Carlo Alberto Petrucci in 1964. Good condition included a white cardboard passepartout (37x52 cm). Hand signed by the artist with pencil. Carlo Alberto Petrucci (4 August 1881 - 11 February 1963) was an Italian engraver, painter and museologist. The son of Luigi, owner of an antique library, and Beatrice del Nero of an old Roman family, after graduating from the Leonardo da Vinci Institute he worked as an accountant. Between 1902 and 1903 he attended the evening classes of the nude school at the International Artistic Association and there he met Umberto Prencipe and Antonio Mancini, of whom he became secretary. He worked as an administrator in the artistic foundry of his mother’s family, where he learned bronze casting techniques, goldsmith techniques and principles of engraving. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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