Saint John of God ascending to heaven, supported by three angels. Etching by L. Mattioli after D.M. Viani after G.M. Viani, 16--.

  • Viani, Giovanni Maria, 1636-1700.
Date:
Q.sto dì 20 Gen.io 1691
Reference:
574496i
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Description

Lettering and composition printed in reverse, suggesting that this is a counterproof. An impression from the plate, with all lettering, was in the catalogue of Danstampe, Zané (Vicenza) 2010, pp. 98-99, no. 51 (reproduced). The print celebrates the canonisation of John of God the year before (1690)

Publication/Creation

[Bologna] : Dal convento et ospitale di S. Antonio di q.sta città di Bologna, Q.sto dì 20 Gen.io 1691.

Physical description

1 print : counterproof of etching ; image 35.7 x 25.9 cm

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Lettering

All' ill.ma sig.ra sig.ra p.rona col.ma la sig.ra Francesca Ghislieri Albergati. Certissimi li religiosi del Patriarca S. Giovanni di Dio della pieta che di maraviglia risplende in V.S. ill.ma dello stesso santo figlia e divota hanno risoluto ... Io. M. Vianus pinxit. ; Dom.cus M.ria Vianus del. ; Lud. Matthiolus incid. ...

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Vienna 1818, vol. 19, p. 360, Mattioli no. 44 ("Un saint transporté au ciel. D'après J.M. Viani. Un saint religieux transporté au ciel par trois anges. Le saint est représenté les mains croisées sur la poitrine, et les yeux levés vers le ciel. On lit en bas: Jo. M.a Vianus pinxit. Dom.cus M. Vianus del. Lud. Matthiolus incid. Hauteur: 13 p. 4 lign. Largeur: 6 p. 9 lign.")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 574496i

Reproduction note

After a drawing formerly in the collections of W.Y. Ottley and Sir Thomas Lawrence, acquired by the British Museum in 1946

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