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An omniscient virtuoso gestures boastfully at all the knowledge that lies available to him. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.

A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.

Physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; representing the Peace of Karlowitz. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, ca. 1700.

Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus. Engraving by G.M. Mitelli after N. Poussin.

A mason (architect) with the tools of his trade. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

A life-class in a grotesque academy of artists: a hunchback model being drawn by deformed students. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after P. De Rossi, 16--.

A learned physician with a library of Latin books writes a prescription but cannot save his patients from death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.

The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.

L'arti per via / disegnate et offerte dal Sig. Gioseppe M.a Mittelli. Al grande et alto Nettuno Gigante, sig. della Piazza di Bologna ... / Fran.co Curti intagliò.

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Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718

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The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

A mason (architect) with the tools of his trade. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.

L'arti per via / disegnate et offerte dal Sig. Gioseppe M.a Mittelli. Al grande et alto Nettuno Gigante, sig. della Piazza di Bologna ... / Fran.co Curti intagliò.

A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.