Carracci (Annibale, 1560-1609) Mary Magdalen in the Wilderness, etching and engraving, an evenly inked and detailed impression on laid paper, without watermark, sheet 220 x 165 mm. (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in), trimmed on or just within the platemark with thread margin before the borderline, inset at edges onto paper support, minor repair to nick in the lower left corner, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1591] § Lana (Lodovico, 1597-1646) The Holy Family with the Virgin reading from a book, a very scarce print, etching, on laid paper without watermark, 135 x 110 mm. (5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in), trimmed within the platemark, lacking lettering, several areas of restored loss replaced with facsimile, surface dirt unframed, Bartsch 1, [circa 1620 and later]; together with Giovanni Lanfranco's (1582-1647) The Adoration, plate 52 from the series of etchings 'Biblical Scenes', after the frescoes by Raphael in the Vatican Loggia, etching, 135 x 183 mm. (5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in), inset at edges onto paper support, unframed, Bartsch 27, [circa 1600-10] (3).

Literature:
(Carracci) Bartsch 16; Bohlin 12