Opera Selectiora: Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti et Jacobi de Ponte
1745
Artist, British, 1701 - 1780
John Baptist Jackson after Various Artists
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with letterpress title page and 24 color chiaroscuro woodcuts on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 68 × 48 × 1 cm (26 3/4 × 18 7/8 × 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1946.11.67
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Catalogue Raisonné
Kainen 1962, no. 16, State -32
Associated Artworks
See all 24 artworksThe Presentation in the Temple (The Circumcision)
John Baptist Jackson
1739
The Massacre of the Innocents
John Baptist Jackson
1739
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple [right plate]
John Baptist Jackson
1742
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Consul Joseph Smith ( c.1674-1770), Venice
Associated Names
Bibliography
1962
Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962.
Inscriptions
in gold-tooled letters on red leather mounted on vellum spine: [J] ACKSON'S WORK / 3 COULLERS; in graphite, on front pastedown, at upper left: 418; letterpress text on title page: TITIANI VECELII / PAULI CALIARII / JACOBI ROBUSTI / ET / JACOBI DE PONTE / OPERA SELECTIORA / A JOANNE BAPTISTA JACKSON / ANGLO / LIGNO COELATA ET COLORIBUS ADUMBRATA/ VENETIIS / Apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali. / MDCCXLV.
Markings
bookplate of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice on front pastedown