A blessing bestowed by G.B. Colombini on benefactors to the Franciscan order. Mezzotint and letterpress.

The border around the letterpress is engraved in mezzotint, containg elaborate strapwork and cartouches portraying Franciscan saints and themes. Top centre is the Virgin of the Annunciation, top right is Saint Antony of Padua. Left centre: an author (Saint Bonaventure?); left centre: a female saint holding a monstrance (Saint Clare?); bottom centre: the Holy Cross with the hand of Saint Francis receiving the stigmata

Addressed to Johan Georg Weinzierl, his wife Catharina, and his children Joseph, Maria Anna, Maria Elisabetha, and Clara, all of whose names are added by hand to the impression catalogued

[Augsburg?]

1 print : mezzotint, with letterpress ; image 36 x 49 cm

Fr. Johannes Battista Colombini, artium et sacrae theologiae doctor, sacrae indulgentiarum, & reliquiarum congregationis consultor, promovendorum ad episcopatum examinator, ac totius Seraphier ordinis minorum conventualium post S. Patriarcham Franciscum minister generalis LXXXVII. Dilectis religionis nostrae amieis & benefactoribus Domino Joanni Georgio Weinzierl, conjugi ejus Catharinae, ac filio Josepho, Mariae Annae, Mariae Elizabethae et Clarae... Charitatis, & pacis abundantiam in quartum gradum. Seraphicus inter cineres, perpetuos charitatis ignes fovere consuevit nostra religio, ...

Wellcome Collection 29796i