Caius Marius in Prison

GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO (CIRCA 1500 - 1536/37) Caius Marius in Prison engraving, circa 1560s, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine, rich impression of the first state (of three), printing with many small impurities in the plate and surface tone toward the sheet edges Plate 206 x 280 mm. Sheet 215 x 287 mm.