Carlo RAIMONDI (Bocche di Cattaro 1809 - Parma 1883) Paolo TOSCHI (Parma 1788 - 1854) "Diana on the chariot" Original etching and engraving from a subject by Antonio Allegri known as Correggio (Correggio 1489ca - March 1534) painted in fresco in the fireplace wall of the Chamber of the Abbess of the Monastery of San Paolo in Parma, for the series entitled "Of all the frescoes by Correggio in Parma and four by Parmigianino designed and carved in copper by Paolo Toschi and his school" published in booklets starting from 1844, conceived, designed and curated directly by Toschi and then by his school with the approval and financing of the Duchess Maria Luigia decided already since 1839 and of which will be table VI. Beautiful copies in the first state of four in the very rare test version of the label before all the letters, with the detail added to the bottom right and the handwritten handwritten wording “Proof of remark chosen by Paolo Toschi for Mr. .. Willcox ( ?) "From the left to the center, printed on a sheet of thick unpinned paper, with large margins practically uncut beyond the imprint of the slab, with slight brownings, small foxing points and traces of dirt with large white edges but overall in excellent general condition. Apell claims that only thirty prints were made of the first state of these subjects. Medioli Masotti speaks of this type of evidence: "In the Avanti Letter copies of the reproduction series by Correggio and Parmigianino, the figures of angels or ornamental motifs are just mentioned with a burin between the copper footprint and the margin of the part engraved. The specimens marked by these figures have always passed the state test phase and represent excellent runs of the first state before letter; they usually came in homage to prominent personalities. The figurine was canceled with the burnisher before the specimens were drawn by letter. " A specimen like ours, under proof of remark, without indication of recipient, is preserved in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Bibliography: Apell "Handbuch fur Kupferstichsammler" Leipzig 1880 pag. 432 n ° 9 and pag. 433. Medioli Masotti "Paolo Toschi" Parma 1973 page 142,143, 150, page 165 n ° 284. Meyer "Correggio" Leipzig 1871 page 474 No. 127. Mussini "Correggio translated" Milan 1995 page 23 and page 114 No. 79. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/767037 Measurements in mm: 490ca x 390ca