A kneeling woman attends to the leg of a seated man. Etching by G. Canale, 1775.
- Date:
- June 24th. 1775
- Reference:
- 2803395i
- Part of:
- One hundred and nineteen etchings after the original designs of Raffaelle, Parmigianino, Guido Reni, and other great masters selected from various cabinets, by the late Charles Richard Gaven, Esq: collector for the King of Poland, &c. and executed at Dresden, By Giuseppe Canale, principal engraver to his Serene Highness the Elector of Saxony
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About this work
Description
An episode in the Aeneid? Saint Sebastian and Saint Irene? Identified in the British Museum online catalogue as the deposition of Christ, attended presumably by Saint Mary Magdalene. Left, a winged angel; right, two standing woman (the other two Maries?)
Publication/Creation
[London] : J. Boydell, June 24th. 1775.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image and border 24.3 x 19.7 cm
Contributors
Lettering
G.C. fecit
Bears number: 109
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2803395i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores