An episode in the novel Niccolò de' Lapi. by Massimo D'Azeglio: a massacre in a church during the Sack of Rome is interrupted by the arrival of the soldier of fortune Fanfulla da Lodi. Wood engraving by A. Centenari and G. Sabbatini after R. Venturi.

  • Venturi, Roberto, 1846-1883.
Date:
[1882]
Reference:
42921i
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Description

Interior of the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome, not yet completed but shown with makeshift walls and roof. German and Spanish soldiers are torturing a monk; on the right, Fanfulla da Lodi intervenes, his arms raised. The episode appears in the novel Niccolò de' Lapi. by Massimo D'Azeglio (1798-1866), who invented it

Publication/Creation

[Milan] : [Treves], [1882]

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving ; image 31 x 21.5 cm

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Lettering

Fanfulla al sacco di Roma. Quadro di Roberto Venturi. Venturi. Man. Centenari Sabattini

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Bears the signatures of two wood engravers: "Man[ibus] Centenari Sabattini", 'mănibus' meaning 'by the hands of'

References note

Roberto Venturi (1846-1883), la memoria figurativa, Brescia 2011, pp. 87-88, no. 84

Reference

Wellcome Collection 42921i

Reproduction note

After a painting in Musei Civici di Arte e Storia Santa Giulia - Museo della Città, Brescia

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