Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Michael the Archangel. Engraving by Annibale Carracci, 1582, after Lorenzino Sabbatini da Bologna.
- Sabbatini, Lorenzo, 1530-1576.
- Date:
- 1582
- Reference:
- 10611i
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Saint Micheal holds a balance in which each pan holds a human soul. The right one rises towards the Christ Child who embracesa it, while the left one sinks down towards the devil which Saint Michael tramples on
Publication/Creation
1582
Physical description
1 print : engraving
Edition
[DeGrazia Bohlin's state III of 3].
References note
Diane DeGrazia Bohlin, Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family: a catalogue raisonné, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979, pp. 424-426, Annibale no. 2
Reference
Wellcome Collection 10611i
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