Descrizione del Sacro Monte della Vernia

1612

Jacopo Ligozzi (designer), Raffaello Schiaminossi, Domenico Falcini, Lino Moroni (author)

Associated Names
Jacopo Ligozzi

Designer, Italian, 1547 - 1627

Raffaello Schiaminossi

Engraver, Italian, 1572 - 1622

Domenico Falcini

Engraver, Italian, born c. 1570

Lino Moroni

Author, Italian

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with one engraved frontispiece and 22 engraved or etched illustrations with 5 overslips on plates F, G, I, R (2)

  • Credit Line

    Acquisition funded by a grant from The B.H. Breslauer Foundation, 2013

  • Dimensions

    book: 43.3 × 30 × 1.8 cm (17 1/16 × 11 13/16 × 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.67.9.1-23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Illus. Bartsch 1983. nos. 130-136

Associated Artworks

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The image shows the upper half of a person positioned in a central frame, with their hands raised slightly to shoulder height. The person's facial features include a prominent beard and deep-set eyes, and their hair is short and slightly tousled. They appear to be depicted with a halo around their head. The person is wearing a robe with a simple design. The surrounding area is richly decorated with intricate designs, including shields, crests, and religious symbolism. Above the person, there is a cherub-like face. The background is filled with complex detailing of religious regalia, including papal crowns, swords, and other emblematic motifs.

Frontispiece with Portrait of Saint Francis

Jacopo Ligozzi, Domenico Falcini, Lino Moroni

1612

The image shows a landscape with rocky cliffs, a winding path through a forest, and tree canopies with structures. The artwork is detailed with engravings depicting rocks, trees, and sky using a monochromatic palette of black and white. Birds fly in the sky, while small figures are seen on the path below.

View of the Mountain of La Verna from the Road of Casentino (Vue de la montagne della Vernia...) [plate A]

Jacopo Ligozzi, Raffaello Schiaminossi, Lino Moroni

1612

The image shows a wooded landscape from a slightly elevated angle. In the foreground, there is a rocky area leading to a small open courtyard with two figures. To the left, there is a two-story building with a gabled roof and a chimney, next to a larger brick structure resembling an archway or entrance. In the distance, beyond the courtyard and buildings, a herd of sheep is grazing amidst tall trees. The horizon is high, emphasizing the depth of the forest. The etching technique is detailed, creating texture in tree bark and foliage. The color palette is monochromatic with black lines on pale paper.

Spring of Saint Francis (Fonte di San Francesco) [plate B]

Jacopo Ligozzi, Italian 16th/17th Century, Domenico Falcini, Lino Moroni

1612

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Marlborough Rare Books); purchased 1989 by Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston; (sale, Christie's New York, 20 June 2013, no. 621); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna, NGA, 2018.

Bibliography

1983

  • Bartsch, Adam. The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Artists of the Sixteenth Century. 38. New York: 1983, nos. 130-136.

1999

  • Conigliello, Lucilla. Vedute del Sacro Monte della Verna. Florence: 1999, nos. 1-23.

Inscriptions

by later hands, upper paste-down upper right in brown ink: 89-78-5; upper left in graphite: 89/320/EXVA / First issue, with plates before letters / overslips (F.G.I.R(2)) / cf.E.P. Goldschnidt, cat. 165/68 ; lower center: ref: Rech and wallace "Italian Etchers of Renaissance & Baroque" / Mus Fine Arts Boston 1989 - item109 / This copy: first edition, proof copy (underlined) (unique?) with all / plates prior to letters in upper right corners of plates / note (underlined) title page shows originally the stigmata was on St. Francis' left side and is here corrected by / hand - regular first edition shows stigmata on St. Francis' right side; lower paste-down: 2800/621; on lower cover across top, read in reverse through velum: Edcr bi Fele Marvhiarcde 4 Conventi / 1753

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