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: 37.3 x 31.1 cm. (14.69 x 12.24 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Dampsatining at bottom right margin. Small tear at bottom center. A few small wormholes. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SACRAMENT, PENANCE, CONFESSION, CATHOLIC CHURCH, PRIEST, CONFESSIONAL, REPENTANCE, RELIGIOUS ENGRAVING, 18TH CENTURY | 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.
Reference: Catalogo Nazionale delle Stampe, no. 0500156812; Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia, inv. 117.
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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