Nuns kneeling in prayer; in the foreground, a man kneeling on the ground. Etching by A. Pond, ca. 1736, after Agostino Carracci.

1736

1 print : etching, printed in brown ; image and border 18 x 29.7 cm

Subtili veterum pictorum iudici, imitatori felicissimo Jonath. Richardson exemplaris quod apud ipsum est pulcherrimi suam hanc qualemcumque descriptionem dicat Arth: Pond. Aug: Carracci delin. AP fecit 1736 Translation of lettering: Arthur Pond dedicates this copy by him, such as it is, of the most beautiful model, to the subtle judge and most successful imitator of old painters Jonathan Richardson, who owns it

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 75, Agostino Carracci no. 840 ("Nonnen am Communionstische. Feder. Aus Richardson's Sammlung. A. Pond sc. Br. 11''1''', H. 6''8'''. Pond & Knapton 18.")

Wellcome Collection 3015537i