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Some images that are fac similes of prints and were reprinted in a museum catalogue, Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque, edited by Sue Welsh Reed and Richard Wallace, 1989; also possibly other Italian prints from the same period. The actual images are out of cpoyright, although their text is not, and neither is the selection of images. In some cases I will supply images from other sources
Title: Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque
Published by: Museum of Fine Art, Boston
City: Boston
Date: 1989
Total items: 30
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Decorated (Historiated) initial letter A by Valerio Spada]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/wm/big/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-letter-a-q75-220x200.jpg "[picture: Decorated (Historiated) initial letter A by Valerio Spada]")
Decorated (Historiated) initial letter A by Valerio Spada
Initial letter “A” from a historiated alphabet by Valerio Spada. Seventeeth century Italian people: a person with a walking-stick or cane, and wearing hat and coat, sits under a tree; another person gestures, and a small dog wags its tail. The four winds, or possibly [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Historiated decorative initial capital letter N in Blue]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/wm/big/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-blue-n-220x200.jpg "[picture: Historiated decorative initial capital letter N in Blue]")
Historiated decorative initial capital letter N in Blue
Letter “N” from Valerio Spada’s historiated alphabet print from 1659. I have coloured the letter itself in blue; you could easily change the blue to something else of course. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Decorated (Historiated) initial letter B by Valerio Spada]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/wm/big/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-letter-b-q75-221x200.jpg "[picture: Decorated (Historiated) initial letter B by Valerio Spada]")
Decorated (Historiated) initial letter B by Valerio Spada
Initial letter “B” from a historiated alphabet by Valerio Spada. Seventeeth century Italian people: A couple sit together in the foreground, holding hands; in the backgrouns smoke rises from a building. A [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Historiated decorative initial capital letter B in Blue]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/wm/big/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-blue-b-224x200.jpg "[picture: Historiated decorative initial capital letter B in Blue]")
Historiated decorative initial capital letter B in Blue
Letter “B” from Valerio Spada’s historiated alphabet print from 1659. I have coloured the letter itself in blue; you could easily change the blue to something else of course. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Historiated decorative initial capital letter AE in Blue]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/wm/big/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-blue-ae-213x200.jpg "[picture: Historiated decorative initial capital letter AE in Blue]")
Historiated decorative initial capital letter AE in Blue
Letter “Æ” from Valerio Spada’s historiated alphabet print from 1659. I have coloured the letter itself in blue; you could easily change the blue to something else of course. A decorative initial Æ is fairly unusual. [more...] [$]
Some images that are fac similes of prints and were reprinted in a museum catalogue, Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque, edited by Sue Welsh Reed and Richard Wallace, 1989; also possibly other Italian prints from the same period. The actual images are out of cpoyright, although their text is not, and neither is the selection of images. In some cases I will supply images from other sources
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