Christ Consigning the Keys to Saint Peter, c.1766

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series Title

Disegni originali d'Eccellenti Pittori esistenti nella R. Galleria di Firenze (Original Drawings by Excellent Painters in the Royal Gallery of Florence)

Medium

etching, sulfur tint, and roulette printed in green on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 61.5 × 44.5 cm (24 3/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
plate: 50 × 38.5 cm (19 11/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 8 (series)

Accession Number

2013.17.4

Artists / Makers

Andrea Scacciati (artist) Italian, 1725 - 1771

Jacopo da Empoli (artist after) Florentine, c. 1554 - 1610

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Iacopo da'Empoli inven: e del:; lower right in plate: Scacciati inc:; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: 19; by later hand, upper right, in graphite: 4 [circled]

Provenance

(sale, Bloomsbury, London, 15 November 2012, lot 762); (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Mendez, Christopher

Exhibition History

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 8 (series)