Democracy  dies  when  the  Informer  comes

Carracci, Annibale (Bologna 1560 – Rome 1609). Vna Spia Famosa. A well-known informer. The body stretched forward, crouching down, supporting himself with a stick in his left. Etching by Simon Guillain II (Paris 1618 – after 1648). (1646.) Inscribed: 77 / Ani Carac, title as above. Subject size 24.3 x 19.7 cm.

Beall I 2; Lipperh. Jba 15; Nagler, Künstler-Lex., II, 390 + V, 445; Allgemeines Künstler-Lex. XVI, 564 (Carracci). – The Cries of Bologna LXXVII. – Impression of the 2^nd edition of 1740 to which the inscription was added only. – According to Nagler Guillain died in Paris 1658. – Centre fold. – Trimmed to the image mark, at top under loss of it, but mounted on wide-margined paper by old.
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