Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory
c. 1731
Francesco Fontebasso, after Sebastiano Ricci
Artist, Venetian, 1709 - 1769
Artist After, Venetian, 1659 - 1734
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Karin Wachtel in memory of her husband, Cesare Morini
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Dimensions
plate: 45.2 × 31.6 cm (17 13/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
sheet: 45.6 × 32.1 cm (17 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2014.117.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme 1906, no. 2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Agostino Caironi, Milan (1820 - 1907) (Lugt 426). Cesare Morini, Milan; his widow, Karin Wachtel, Milan; gift to NGA, 2015
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: no. 2
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Sebastiano Ricci pinxit; lower right in plate: Francis Fontebasso del. et inv.; lower center in plate: Molte Anime del Purgatorio portate dagli Angeli in Cielo per le pregiare di S. Gregorio I. Pontifice Romano.
Wikidata ID
Q77007861