Gismonda faints as she receives the heart of her lover Guiscardo on a dish. Etching by C. Gregori after Giovanni da San Giovanni (G. Manozzi) after Boccaccio.

  • Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Date:
[not after 1759]
Reference:
2853407i
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Description

The tale of Ghismonda and Guiscardo, a story in Giovanni Boccaccio, 'Il decameron', day 4, story 1

Publication/Creation

[Florence?] : [publisher not identified], [not after 1759]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 16.6 x 15.2 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Fatum Ghismundae. Ioan a S. Ioan. inv. C. Gregori sc.

References note

Not in: R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865 (other prints after Manozzi are on p. 780)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2853407i

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