The Transport of the Holy House of Loreto
c. 1650
Artist, Swiss, c. 1600 - 1678
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 25.1 × 38.7 cm (9 7/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
sheet: 25.6 × 39.2 cm (10 1/16 × 15 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2016.43.3
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein undesc.
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2015 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: undesc
Inscriptions
below image in plate: 'HISTORIA MARAVIGLIOSA DELLA DIVINA TRASLATIONE DELLA CASA DIR LORETO PORTATA DAGLI ANGELI DALL ORIENTE IN OCCIDENTE P. VIAGGI MARITIMI ET TERI / Dedicata / All'Illmo et Ecc Sigr. Giacomo / Correr Pror di S. Marco; lower left below image in plate: A. Terra di Tersatt, in Schiauonia, do / ue la Santa Casa di Loreto d'Oriente, Poso la prima uolta / B. Selua infestrata... / hebbe il Mare / Adriatico.; lower left in plate: No. 23; lower right in plate: C. Monte uicino all a Selua, sopra di cui la Santa Casa, trasportata dal Bosco... / ... hora Loreto, doue ultimamente fu portata, et stabilita la Santa / Casa; lower center below image in plate: Illmo: et ecco. Sigr. / Vinto finalmente il ristretto del io Qua / ni, ueste la luce del Mondo, per meritare... / Seruit Duotisso. umo. et Obligo. / Gioseffe ens d'Augusta, Pittore; by later hand, across bottom edge of page in pen and ink: Ene oder Enzo Joseph, Mahler zu Venedig, wo er sich ebbe durch phantastiche Bilder [not deciphered] maehlte Nagler N. 138; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: FHGO/CBMB; by later hand, lower verso in pen and ink: [not deciphered]
Wikidata ID
Q77016025