San Carlo Borromeo Giving Last Communion to Victims of the Plague

c. 1724

Carlo Innocenzo Carlone

Associated Names
Carlo Innocenzo Carlone

Artist, Italian, 1686 - 1775

The image features numerous figures in expressive poses, gathered under an archway. Several cherubic figures and draped fabric add texture to the scene. Light and shadow emphasize the figures' movements and gestures. The setting includes ornate columns and classical architecture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce and Mary Hopkins Gibb Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.7 x 22 cm (14 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 38 x 23.9 cm (14 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.84.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme 1906, no. 3, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Trinity Fine Art Ltd., London); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: S. Carolus; upper right in plate: Sss. B. Boromaeus; lower left in plate? C. Carlone inv: et fecit; lower center in plate: Academiae Caesareo Francisceae Negotium et Iohann Dan: Herz excutid, Aug: Vind: / Cum Gratia et Priv. S. Caes Majest; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: (not deciphered); by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: S. Carlo Borommeo

Wikidata ID

Q76337112

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