Opera Selectiora: Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti et Jacobi de Ponte
1745
Artist, British, 1701 - 1780
Artist After
Artist After, Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576
Artist After, Venetian, 1518 or 1519 - 1594
Artist After, Venetian, 1528 - 1588
Artist After, Venetian, c. 1510 - 1592
John Baptist Jackson after Various Artists
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with letterpress title page and 24 color chiaroscuro woodcuts on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 68 × 48 × 1 cm (26 3/4 × 18 7/8 × 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1946.11.67
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Catalogue Raisonné
Kainen 1962, no. 16, State -32
Associated Artworks
See all 24 artworksThe Descent of the Holy Spirit
John Baptist Jackson
1745
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple [left plate]
John Baptist Jackson
1742
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple [center plate]
John Baptist Jackson
1742
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Consul Joseph Smith ( c.1674-1770), Venice
Associated Names
Bibliography
1962
Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962.
Inscriptions
in gold-tooled letters on red leather mounted on vellum spine: [J] ACKSON'S WORK / 3 COULLERS; in graphite, on front pastedown, at upper left: 418; letterpress text on title page: TITIANI VECELII / PAULI CALIARII / JACOBI ROBUSTI / ET / JACOBI DE PONTE / OPERA SELECTIORA / A JOANNE BAPTISTA JACKSON / ANGLO / LIGNO COELATA ET COLORIBUS ADUMBRATA/ VENETIIS / Apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali. / MDCCXLV.
Markings
bookplate of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice on front pastedown