Two Putti with Shield Inscribed Pier Santi

16th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.2 × 25.7 cm (11 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1950.1.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mariano Rocchi [1855-1943], Rome; (Pierre Berès, Paris); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1949; gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

Markings

verso, stamped in purple ink: [mark of Mariano Rocchi]

Watermarks

ladder on an escutcheon topped with a star (similar to Briquet 5926 or 5927)

Wikidata ID

Q65070331

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