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print
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thesis engraving
Object Type
print
thesis engraving
Museum number
V,9.89
Description
A draped woman representing Religion sitting on a cloud, under which is a fallen figure with snakes representing Heresy, pointing the true way to the façade of a Church to a group of five young students. 1707 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Benoît Farjat
After:
Benedetto Luti
School/style
Italian
Production date
1707
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
388 millimetres
Width:
416 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is no.61 in the list of Farjat's work by Henriette Pommier. She gives no indication of its purpose, but it must be for a thesis. The original drawing by Luti is now in Holkham (Popham/Lloyd cat.162).
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(not described)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
catholicism
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
(with Philipe's oval blindstamp and initials washed out, and with late Sloane stamp applied in the 1870s)
Acquisition date
1753
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
V,9.89