Saint Gregory the Great, wearing ecclesiastical dress, is kneeling in prayer; angels above him. Etching by S. Watts after Annibale Carracci, 1766.

[Place of publication not identified] : C.R. edid.t, 1766.

1 print : etching ; image 27.5 x 20 cm

San Gregorio ; In His Majesty's collection ; An. Carracci delt. ; Sim. Watts sct.

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 83, no. 946 ("Entwurf zu dem knieenden heil. Gregorius von Engeln umgeben. Feder. Zu dem Bilde in S. Gregorio in Rom. K. Sammlung in Windsor. S. Watts sc. H. 10" 2"', Br. 7" 4"'. Rogers, Collection 57")

Wellcome Collection 574844i

After a drawing in the same direction in the Royal Collection, Windsor (catalogue no. RCIN 902335), drawin in preparation for an altarpiece formerly in the Cappella Salviati in the church of S. Gregorio al Celio in Rome. The painting passed to Bridgewater House in London, where it was destroyed in World War II