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Inscription

in image, at bottom: Ill: mae atq; Excell: mae D: nae D: nae / Paulinae Contarenae / NOB: VENETAE, aviti sanguinis ingenti splendore clarae, sed Virtutum nebilitate longe clariori, piissimum / hoc Christianae Fidei monumentum, exiguum obseqentissimae servitutis suae signum, quod ex pictura / Jacobi de Ponte delineavit, exsculpsit, generosissimae Patronae, et Auspici dedicabat J: B: Jackson.

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Bibliography
1962
Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 30, only (impression of key block only)
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