Saint Gregory the Great, wearing ecclesiastical dress and supported by two angels, is kneeling in prayer; angels above him. Engraving by J. Frey, 1733, after Annibale Carracci.
- Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
- Date:
- 1733
- Reference:
- 8613i
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1733
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1 print : engraving, with etching
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Magnum Gregorium, quem procumbentem ante Deiparae imaginem, adverso in pariete depictam, cuius ipse dum viveret alloquium meruit, Annibal Caraccius, urgente Salviatae gentis pietate, coloribus expresserat, ex archetypo a se delineatum aeri incidit, ut omnium voto faceret satis Iacobus Frey. Extat Romae in Sacel. Salviat. ad S.Gregor. Annib. Caracci inven. et pinx. Jacob Frey del. et scul. 1733
References note
G. Malafarina, L'opera completa di Annibale Carracci, Milan 1976, p. 121, no. 122 ("Fu inciso da G. Frey")
Evelina Borea, 'Annibale Carracci e i suoi incisori' in: Les Carrache et les décors profanes. Actes du colloque de Rome (2-4 octobre 1986), Rome: École Française de Rome, 1988. pp. 521-555 (Publications de l'École française de Rome, 106), p. 551 ("Jacob Frey sceglieva più tardi, nel 1733 la 'Messa di S. Gregorio' al Celio, che altri prima aveva mediocremente inciso, e che egli interpreta da grande maestro ...")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 8613i
Reproduction note
After an altarpiece in the same direction 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
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