David holding up the head of Goliath. Colour etching by W.W. Ryland, 1762, after G.F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

  • Parmigianino, 1503-1540.
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[1762]
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2496796i
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Description

Bible. O.T. 1 Samuel 17. Circular border. Goliath's body lies on the ground. David raises Goliath's severed head towards the Philistines: they flee

Publication/Creation

[England] : C[arolus] R[ogers] edid.t, [1762]

Physical description

1 print : etching, in brown ; image and border 24.6 x 24.6 cm

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Lettering

Videntes autem Philisthijm, quod mortuus esset fortissimus eorum, fugerunt. In the collection of George Earl Cholmondeley. Parmigiano del.t ; W.W. Ryland sc.t 1762.

References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, no. 5389, p. 454 ("David's Sieg über Goliath")
A. Griffiths, 'The Rogers collection in the Cottonian Library Plymouth', Print quarterly, vol. 10, 1993, pp. 19-36

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2496796i

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