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Saint Philip. Line engraving after G. Lanfranco.

According to Guidiccioni (op. cit. pp. 16-19, if he wrote the account of the ceremony as well as the oration), one of 36 statues "finte di marmo" by Bernini to decorate the catafalque of Pope Paul V. Of the 36 statues, 16 represented virtues and 20 were of putti. The present print shows one of the virtues

1 print : line engraving ; image and lettering 26.6 x 18.5 cm

A woman with a lamb; representing gentleness as one of the virtues of Pope Paul V. Engraving after G. Lanfranco, 1623, after G.L. Bernini.

Augustine's bishop's cloak is decorated with chimneys of Moorish design billowing smoke

1 print : line engraving ; image 39.4 x 25.5 cm

Saint Augustine and Saint Jerome kneeling before the crowned Virgin. Engraving by E. Baudet after G. Lanfranco.

Saint Augustine of Hippo with Saint William, and Christ crowning Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Engraving by E. Baudet after G. Lanfranco.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Lithograph after G. Lanfranco.

1 print : line engraving ; image and lettering 26.6 x 18.7 cm

A woman with a viol; representing tranquillity as one of the virtues of Pope Paul V. Engraving by T. Crueger after G. Lanfranco, 1623, after G.L. Bernini.

1 print : line engraving ; image and border 28 x 54.5 cm

A council of the gods. Engraving by P. Aquila after G. Lanfranco.

Bible. N.T. Luke 1.26-35. The attitudes and postures of the Virgin and the angel have varied significantly and even interchanged in Christian iconography. The plethora of differing images of the Annunciation provides a real insight into the history of emotion and its representation in gesture. The variations of the Virgin's posture provide much of the interest. Her hand is usually active; sometimes she is intently studying, sometimes she is in a gesture of almost carnal surprise. She may be glorified, or on the other hand she may kneel. Then the angel varies in relation to her: he might kneel before her. After the Council of Trent, the angel was set in the air, "reacting against", as Réau suggests, "the excessive 'familiarity' of religious art of the 15th century". On these issues, see L. Réau, 'Iconographie de l'art chrétien'. Presses Universitaires de France : Paris, 1957, vol. 2, book 2, pp. 178-187 (particularly p. 182)

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 43.1 x 31 cm

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.

Right, two crowned kings are driven as captives before the Roman emperor's chariot. Left, a soldier brutally forces out of the way three bystanders including an old man

1 print : etching ; platemark 29.2 x 61.6 cm

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Saint Philip. Line engraving after G. Lanfranco.

A woman with a lamb; representing gentleness as one of the virtues of Pope Paul V. Engraving after G. Lanfranco, 1623, after G.L. Bernini.

Saint Augustine and Saint Jerome kneeling before the crowned Virgin. Engraving by E. Baudet after G. Lanfranco.

Saint Augustine of Hippo with Saint William, and Christ crowning Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Engraving by E. Baudet after G. Lanfranco.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Lithograph after G. Lanfranco.

A woman with a viol; representing tranquillity as one of the virtues of Pope Paul V. Engraving by T. Crueger after G. Lanfranco, 1623, after G.L. Bernini.

A council of the gods. Engraving by P. Aquila after G. Lanfranco.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.

A Roman triumph. Etching by G. Lanfranco, 16--.

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Saint Philip. Line engraving after G. Lanfranco.

A woman with a lamb; representing gentleness as one of the virtues of Pope Paul V. Engraving after G. Lanfranco, 1623, after G.L. Bernini.

Saint Augustine and Saint Jerome kneeling before the crowned Virgin. Engraving by E. Baudet after G. Lanfranco.

Saint Augustine of Hippo with Saint William, and Christ crowning Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Engraving by E. Baudet after G. Lanfranco.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Lithograph after G. Lanfranco.

A woman with a viol; representing tranquillity as one of the virtues of Pope Paul V. Engraving by T. Crueger after G. Lanfranco, 1623, after G.L. Bernini.

A council of the gods. Engraving by P. Aquila after G. Lanfranco.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.

A Roman triumph. Etching by G. Lanfranco, 16--.

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