An old man dies, accompanied by a pope and three other people. Etching by G. Vitalba, 1764, after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino.

  • Guercino, 1591-1666.
Date:
[1764]
Reference:
2497873i
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Description

The dying man clutches the rosary

Publication/Creation

[London] : [John Boydell], [1764]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 19.5 x 28 cm

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Lettering

Guercino inv ; Gioan Vitalba sculp Londra

References note

David Alexander, 'A cosmopolitan engraver in London: Francesco Bartolozzi's studio 1763-1802', Print quarterly, 2018, 35: 6-26 (pp. 12-13)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2497873i

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