The Annunciation to the Virgin. Colour etching by S. Mulinari, 1780, after B. Poccetti.

  • Poccetti, Bernardino, 1548-1612.
Date:
1780
Reference:
3015802i
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Description

Above, God, wide-eyed, looks down from a window, surrounded by cherubim. Or is it supposed to be Saint Joseph? Between him and the Virgin is the Holy Ghost. Right foreground, a lily in a pot

Publication/Creation

1780

Physical description

1 print : etching and tone, printed in brown ; platemark 37.3 x 24.5 cm

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Lettering

A Sua eccellenza Sig.re Angiolo Tavanti consigliere intimo attuale di stato e direttore della segret.a delle finanze di S.A.R. sereniss.mo arciduca granduca di Toscana &c. &c. &c. Bernardino Barbatelli detto Poccetti inv. e. del. S.M. incis. an. 1780 Bears number: 10

Creator/production credits

Dedicated to Angelo Tavanti (1714-1782), Tuscan politician, economist and financial administrator

References note

Not found in: R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865 (works after Poccetti p. 507)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3015802i

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