The preserved recumbent body of Saint Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297), wearing a wreath. Line engraving with etching by G.B. Leonetti after a drawing by the Marquis Domenico Venutti, 1804.
- Venutti, Domenico.
- Date:
- 1804
- Reference:
- 46646i
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Description
Saint Margaret died in 1297. She was acclaimed immediately as a saint, but was not officially canonized until 1728
Publication/Creation
[Italy] : [publisher not identified], 1804.
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 25 x 29 cm
Lettering
Vera effigie dell'intatta S.Margherita da Cortona. Disegnata al naturale del Marchese Domenico Venutti Cortonese, Cav. Gerosolimitano e dedicata all' incomparabile merito del Sigr. Dottore Lodovico Coltellini Cortonese, onore dell' Etrusca letteratura. 1804. Gio. Battista Leonetti inc.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 46646i
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Location Status Access Closed stores