Monks at their devotions listening to a sermon. Etching by J.M. Galván Candela, 1875, after A. Magnasco.
- Magnasco, Alessandro, 1667?-1749.
- Date:
- [1875]
- Reference:
- 2498623i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
They make extravagant gestures in the characteristic manner of Magnasco's monks
Publication/Creation
[Madrid] : [por una Sociedad de Artistas], [1875]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with aquatint ; platemark 21.8 x 28 cm
Lettering
Tristán p.tó ; Galvan g.vó
Bears number top right: "28"
Bears blind stamp, top centre of sheet: El grabador al agua fuerte, and impression number by hand in ink
Creator/production credits
Attributed in the lettering to "Tristán", i.e. Luis Tristán de Escamilla (ca. 1587-1624), but it is a work by Alessandro Magnasco in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
References note
Páez. Repertorio, 816-1 ; Museo del Prado, Catálogo de estampas, 1992, n. 1616 (citations from Biblioteca Nacional online catalogue)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2498623i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Impression number: 46
Location Status Access Closed stores