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Pietà
1582
Agostino Carracci (Artist) Italian, 1557-1602 Paolo Veronese (Artist) Italian, 1528-1588
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Image: 15 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (39.4 × 28.6 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 3/8 inches (40.3 × 28.9 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S249
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: Agu. Car. fe Inscribed, lower left center: Paolo Calliaj Veronese inue. | Oratio Bertelli for. 1582. Inscribed, in brown ink, verso: J. N. Mayer 1839 (Lugt 1804) Inscribed, in brown ink, verso: Augustin Carache. 102. Le corps mort de Jesus Christ, d'apres Paul Verones. Tres belle piece. Inscribed, in pencil, verso: No. 249; No. 95; S56 Inscribed, verso: [erasures]
Stamped, in black, verso: VE (circled)
Provenance
Johann Nepomuk Mayer (Vienna, Austria).Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Agostino Carracci; after Paolo Veronese, Pietà, 1582, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S249.
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