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Saints and Devotion
Antique Print of Saint Nilus Kneeling in Prayer, 1762
Anno Domini MDCCLXII1762
€440
$495 · £375
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1762
- Sheet size
- 17.5 × 13.1 in (44.4 × 33.3 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Good, given age. Some staining and spots in the margins. Two tiny worm holes upper right margin, not affecting image. A few minor crinkles or creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Study image carefully.
- Faith
- Christianity
- Collection
- Saints and Devotion
- Era
- 1700 to 1799, Mortier, Picart and the illustrated Bible
- Stock no.
- f_29243492
Antique print titled 'S. Nilus a D.N.I.C. Crucifixo ipsi apparente benedictur, et ab impuris tenta tionibus prorsus liberatur'. Scarce plate showing Saint Nilus, kneeling in prayer; in front of him a crucifix; Christ comes alive. This print originates from 'Picturae Dominici Zampierii, vulgo Domenichino, quae extant in sacello sacrae aedi Cryptoferratensi adjuncto tabulis aeneis incisae' published 1762.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'F. Bartolozzi' after 'Domenico Zampieri'. Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence, 21 September 1727 to 7 March 1815, Lisbon) was an Italian engraver, whose most productive period was spent in London. Domenico Zampieri, known as Domenichino for his shortness (October 21, 1581, April 6, 1641), was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese or Carracci School of painters.
Condition: Good, given age. Some staining and spots in the margins. Two tiny worm holes upper right margin, not affecting image. A few minor crinkles or creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
Date: 1762
Measures: overall size: 33.3 x 47.4 cm.
image size: 25 x 45.3 cm.
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