The Passion of Christ. Coloured roundel with etchings, engravings and watercolours, ca. 1800 (?).
- Date:
- [1800?]
- Reference:
- 571259i
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Description
Within an oval papier mâché frame, 38 prints and drawings are inset, in three concentric circles around a central engraving of Jesus Christ. Centre, Christ as Man of Sorrows, coloured engraving, sight ca. 13.8 x 10.7 cm. Second row moving outwards: emblems of the Passion, twelve watercolours, oval, sight ca. 3.9. x 3.4 cm. Third row moving outwards: instruments of the Passion, ten watercolours, oval, sight ca. 6 x 5 cm. Outer circle: Stations of the Cross: fourteen stipple engravings, with in addition a title engraving Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi at the top and the Virgin of Sorrow at the bottom, sight ca. 6.5 x 4.7 cm.
Publication/Creation
[Rome?] : [publisher not identified], [1800?]
Physical description
1 composite work : papier mâché, watercolours and etchings on paper, glazed ; papier mâché 80.5 x 66.2 cm
Lettering
Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi
Reference
Wellcome Collection 571259i
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