portfolio; album; print

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Object Type: portfolio; album; print
Museum number: 1957,1218.4.1-57
Description: A collection of 59 loose prints from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, on religious subjects, including 30 published by the "Verein zür Verbreitung religiöser Bilder in Düsseldorf" between 1842 and 1847, and an engraving by Diana Scultori after Frederico Zuccharo on the subject of St. Eustace. Each print pasted onto a backing sheet of wove paper. Etchings and engravings; lithographs; engravings; stipple
Producer name: Print made by: Verein zur Verbreitung religiöser Bilder in Düsseldorf; Print made by: Heinrich Nüsser; Print made by: Franz Paul Massau; Print made by: Franz Keller; Print made by: T W Theodor Janssen (?); Print made by: Friedrich August Ludy; Print made by: Wilhelm Overbeck; Print made by: Diana Scultori; Print made by: Luigi Banzo; Print made by: Aloysio Cunego; Print made by: Giuseppe Vitta; Print made by: Giovanni Petrini; Print made by: Giustino Carocci
School/style: German; Italian
Production date: 1580-1850 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Düsseldorf (city); Published in: Rome (city)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving; lithograph; stipple
Dimensions: Height: 358 millimetres; Width: 240 millimetres (approx. size of each backing sheet)
Curator's comments: The register states that the album contains 60 prints in total, indicating that one is yet to be found.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: religion/belief; christian saint/martyr; holy family; passion; christianity; christian cleric; annunciation
Associated names: Representation of: St Eustace; Representation of: St Roch; Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: St Christopher; Representation of: St Francis of Assisi; Representation of: Holy Family; Representation of: St Catherine of Alexandria; Representation of: St Agnes; Representation of: Apostles; Representation of: St Mary Magdalene; Representation of: St Anne; Portrait of: Paolo della Croce; Portrait of: Angela Pozzi
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1957
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1957,1218.4.1-57

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