Name: Antique Master Print-SAINT-ANTHONY-ABBOT-S-ANTONIO-ABBATE-Wagner-1781
SKU: PCO-25625
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Antique Master Print-SAINT-ANTHONY-ABBOT-S-ANTONIO-ABBATE-Wagner-1781

€145.00

‘APPO WAGNER VEN.A C.P.E.S. 1781? – ‘S. ANTONIO ABBATE? – ‘Z. 44.?’

– Saint Anthony Abbot kneeling in a rocky landscape beneath a tree, reading from an open book. He holds a rosary; beside him stand his Tau-staff with bell and a resting pig (his attribute). In the background a small chapel appears in the landscape. Devotional representation.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 19.7 x 26.6 cm (7.76 x 10.47 inch). Image size: 15.4 x 20.8 cm. (6.06 x 8.19 inch).

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

SAINT ANTHONY ABBOT, S. ANTONIO ABBATE, TAU CROSS, PIG, HERMIT SAINT, DEVOTIONAL PRINT, WAGNER VENICE, 1783 ENGRAVING, ITALIAN 18TH CENTURY PRINT | PCO-E15-2-37

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Venice by the Wagner press (‘Appo Wagner Ven.a’), 1781.

Biography engraver: Joseph Wagner (1706-1786) was a German-born engraver and publisher active in Venice. He founded an important print publishing house producing reproductive engravings after Italian masters as well as devotional prints. His workshop remained active after his death, continuing to publish plates with his imprint.