Name: Antique Master Print-SAINT-ANDREW-CRUCIFIXION-Faucci-Dolci-1768
SKU: PCO-25007
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Antique Master Print-SAINT-ANDREW-CRUCIFIXION-Faucci-Dolci-1768

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‘SAINT ANDREW. FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN THE COLLECTION OF THOS DUNCOMBE ESQR. CAROLUS DOLCI PINXT. / CAROL FAUCCI SCULPT. PUBLISH?D ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT BY J. BOYDELL ENGRAVER IN CHEAPSIDE LONDON 1768. VOL. II. NO. 27’

– Saint Andrew kneels in veneration before an X-shaped cross, moments before his crucifixion. Soldiers prepare the cross while cherubs descend from heaven with palms. After the 1643 painting by Carlo Dolci.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Oval with lettering (Italian paper).

Sheet size: 32.7 x 42.5 cm (12.87 x 16.73 inch). Image size: 29 x 39 cm. (11.42 x 15.35 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SAINT ANDREW, MARTYRDOM, CHRISTIAN SAINTS, CARLO DOLCI, CARLO FAUCCI, JOHN BOYDELL, 18TH CENTURY, BRITISH PRINT, BAROQUE PAINTING, CRUCIFIXION | PCO-B2-18

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by John Boydell, London, 1768.

Reference: British Museum 1875,0710.2754.

Biography engraver: Carlo Faucci (1729-1784) was an Italian engraver. Active mainly in his native Florence, he was a pupil of the well-known Florentine engraver Carlo Gregori, with whom he studied chalcography with burin and etching, specializing in reproduction engraving.

Biography artist: Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) was a prominent Italian Baroque painter from Florence, known for devotional works and refined religious compositions, particularly of saints and the Virgin.