Portret van Gioacchino Besozzi in allegorische omlijsting, Gottfried Bernhard Götz, 1718 - 1774

Title(s)

Portret van Gioacchino Besozzi in allegorische omlijsting

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1909-6007

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Gottfried Bernhard Götz (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Gottfried Bernhard Götz (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Gottfried Bernhard Götz (mentioned on object)
• unknown (mentioned on object)

Place

Augsburg

Dating

1718 - 1774

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 411 mm × width 315 mm

What

• historical persons
• cardinal
• insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier
• armorial bearing, heraldry
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)
• John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff
• cross as symbol of Christ
• Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept)

Who

• Gioacchino Besozzi

Acquisition

purchase 1905

Copyright

Public domain