Saint Benedict of Nursia: after he has assured the monks of his monastery that God would not let them starve, several sacks of corn appear, which porters carry into the monastery. Line engraving by G. Giovannini after L. Massari.

  • Massari, Lucio, 1569-1633.
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1 print

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Lucio Massari inv. e dip. Giac. Giovannini del. e sc.

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, vol.19, Vienna 1819, pp 427-428, Giovannini no. 34 (no. 14 in the series)

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Wellcome Collection 3653i

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After one of the frescoes (subsequently decayed) in the cloister of the convent of San Michele in Bosco, Bologna

Notes

One print in a set of prints by Giovannini after a series of paintings about the life of St. Benedict by Lodovico Carracci and his pupils in the cloister of the monastery of S. Michele al Bosco at Bologna: Bartsch, loc. cit.

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