Rare-Antique Master Print-HEAD OF ST. JOHN-FEAST HEROD-SALOME-HARP MUSIC-Patch-Giotto-1770

Feast of Herod being presented the head of St. John the Baptist. Salome is present. A musician plays a harp. After a fresco by Giotto de Bondone in the Santa Maria del Carmine Church in Florence.

Made by Thomas Patch after Giotto de Bondone.

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Unclear coat of arms in Italian paper.

Sheet size: 42.8 x 21.9 cm (16.85 x 8.62 inch). Image size: 41.8 x 20.9 cm. (16.46 x 8.23 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light soiling. A bit stained at top left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HEAD OF ST. JOHN-FEAST HEROD-SALOME-HARP MUSIC | PCO-EXPO-35

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From a series of twelve plates after Giotto: ‘Queste Pittura di Giotto nella Chiesa del Carmine, etc.’, c.1770.

Biography engraver: Thomas Patch (1725-1782) was an English painter, printmaker, physiognomist and art historian. He also studied early Italian art and published a series of prints. He was active in Italy from 1747 on and was an important contact for British visiting Florence and doing the grand tour.