The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1598, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
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1598
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23218i
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The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1598, after Annibale Carracci, 1597. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The four women are Mary Magdalene, Mary (mother of James the less and Joses), Salome, ("who ..., when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him" (Mark 16.41)) and the Virgin

Publication/Creation

[Italy] : [publisher not identified], 1598.

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 12.3 x 16.3 cm

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1598. Aug. Car. f.

Edition

1st state.

References note

D. DeGrazia Bohlin, Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family, London: Indiana U.P., 1979, p.338

Reference

Wellcome Collection 23218i

Reproduction note

For Annibale Carracci's original engraving see Wellcome Library no. 23222i. Known as the 'Christ of Caprarole'

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