De profetie van Basilides, Giovanni Cesare Testa, after Pietro Testa, 1630 - 1660

Identification

Title(s)

De profetie van Basilides

Object type

print

Object number

RP-P-OB-38.238

Catalogue reference

Cropper 111

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Links heeft Basilides, de priester op de Karmelberg, een visioen over het lot van de Romeinse keizer Titus. Rechts wijst Rechtvaardigheid (Justitia) op een visioen van de dode Christus die wordt gedragen door putti. Tekst en opdracht in het Italiaans in ondermarge.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Giovanni Cesare Testa (mentioned on object)
after drawing by: Pietro Testa (mentioned on object)
François Collignon (mentioned on object)
Giovanni Antonio Filippini Romano (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Italy
after drawing by: Rome
Rome

Dating

1630 - 1660

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 380 mm × width 743 mm

Explanatory note

Naar een tekening door Pietro Testa die wordt bewaard bij de Rugby School Art Museum te Rugby Engeland (Cropper 110). Pietro Testa schilderde de voorstelling ook in de San Martino ai Monti te Rome.

Subject

What

the prophecy of Basilides: on his way to Jerusalem, emperor Titus consults Basilides the Carmelite, who shows him a vision of God the Father with the dead Christ

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Pietro Testa, 1612-1650 : prints and drawings, p. 240, cat.nr. 111

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.185119

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