The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Engraving by Annibale Carracci, 1597, after himself.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
Date:
1597
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23222i
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The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Engraving by Annibale Carracci, 1597, after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The four women are Mary Magdalene, Mary (mother of James the less and Joses), Salome ("who ..., when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him") and the Virgin

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : Nico. van Aelst for, 1597.

Physical description

1 print : etching with engraving and drypoint ; platemark 12.2 x 16.1 cm

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Lettering

Annibal Caracius in. fe. Caprarolæ. 1597. Nico. van Aelst for.

Edition

6th state.

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur (Nieuwkoop : 1982), vol. 18, p. 100
D. DeGrazia Bohlin, Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family (Indiana U.P. : London, 1979), p. 452

Notes

The etching is known as the 'Christ of Caprarola'

Reference

Wellcome Collection 23222i

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