Francesco Fanelli (c. 1577 - d.1660's?).
"Francisco the One Eyed Italian".
Portrait busts and other works.
Part 3.
Varie Architeture
di Francesco Fanelli, Fiorentiono
Scultore
del Rey della Gran Bretagne
https://archive.org/stream/variearchitetvre00fane#page/n3
Varie Architeture
di Francesco Fanelli, Fiorentiono
Scultore
del Rey della Gran Bretagne
https://archive.org/stream/variearchitetvre00fane#page/n3
Thieme-Becker states that this work first appeared in 1642,
around the time Fanelli left England for Paris. There is no positive evidence,
however, and the 1661 ed. (Paris : Van Merle) is more likely to be the 1st ed.
(British Architectural Library early printed books 1478-1840, no. 1020).
The
copy in the Avery Architectural Library has no imprint, as is the case with the
Getty copy (below), which may be an incomplete copy of the same ed. (16 leaves instead
of 20). In the British Architectural Library catalog, it is suggested that the
Avery copy was published after Jacques Van Merle's ed. of 1661 and before
Nicolas Langlois's division of the plates into 2 publications later in the
century (Fontaines et jets d'eau ; Dessins de grottes).
Fountain with the Infant Hercules Wrestling two Serpents.