print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1850,1014.1028.12
- Description
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Illustration of the single figure of 'Hope' from Giotto's fresco in the Arena Chapel, Padua; in profile facing right with arms stratched upwards and feet lifting from the floor, winged; page thirteen of Maria Callcott's "Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell'Arena; or, Giotto's Chapel in Padua" (London, Printed for the author, by Thomas Brettell: 1835)
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1835 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 140 millimetres (image)
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Width: 85 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For all the illustrations see 1850,1014.1028.1-13
For more information about the history and context of the "Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell'Arena; or, Giotto's Chapel in Padua", see the curatorial comment to 1850,1014.1028.1.
This figure is a copy of one of the fourteen grisaille personifications of the virtues and vices painted by Giotto (in opposing pairs on the south and north walls of the chapel) underneath the narrative frescoes. Giotto created illusionistic niches in which the virtues and vices, painted to look like marble sculptures, are situated.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell'Arena; or, Giotto's Chapel in Padua
- Acquisition date
- 1850
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1850,1014.1028.12
