The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Engraving by Annibale Carracci, 1597, after himself.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
Date:
1597
Reference:
23222i
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Description

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 unto him") and the Virgin

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : Nico. van Aelst for, 1597.

Physical description

1 print : etching with engraving and drypoint ; platemark 12.2 x 16.1 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Annibal Caracius in. fe. Caprarolæ. 1597. Nico. van Aelst for.

Edition

6th state.

Notes

The etching is known as the 'Christ of Caprarola'

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur (Nieuwkoop : 1982), vol. 18, p. 100
D. DeGrazia Bohlin, Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family (Indiana U.P. : London, 1979), p. 452

Reference

Wellcome Collection 23222i

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