Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Large coat of arms with stars.
Sheet size: 43 x 33.5 cm (16.93 x 13.19 inch). Image size: 37 x 30 cm. (14.57 x 11.81 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Paper loss and a small tear in top right coener. Some thin paper spots. A few small wormholes. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SACRAMENT, HOLY ORDERS, CATHOLIC CHURCH, ORDINATION, BISHOP, CLERGY, RELIGIOUS CEREMONY, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, ECCLESIASTICAL INTERIOR | PCO-E30-30
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From the series I Sacramenti / Les Sacrements, illustrating the seven Catholic sacraments. Invented by Pietro Antonio Novelli and engraved by Antonio Baratti.
Biography engraver: Antonio Baratti (1724-1787) was an Italian engraver active in the 18th century, known for refined reproductive prints after Venetian painters and for religious and didactic print series.
Biography artist: Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729-1804) was an Italian painter and draughtsman associated with late Venetian Rococo and early Neoclassicism, producing religious, allegorical, and historical compositions widely reproduced in print.
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