Theologia (Theology)

c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Associated Names
Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Artist, Ferrarese, active c. 1465

The image shows an upper half of a person with a dual-profile face, wearing draped clothing resembling a toga or robe. The individual has two faces merging at the back of the head, one looking left and the other slightly more to the right. Both faces have similar features with prominent noses and lips. The hair is textured and styled in waves over the head. The figure's hands are clasped in front. The background features a framed border with diagonal lines and a semicircular pattern filled with stars below, with the text "THEOLOGIA XXV" written underneath.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.5 x 10.3 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9522

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 1, p.237, no. 30, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 89); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

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Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 128.

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.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.43.

Wikidata ID

Q65023926

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