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St. John's Vision of Christ and the Seven Candlesticks
Luigi Sabatelli (Italian, 1772–1850)
1809–1810
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 76.9 x 55 cm (30 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 63.2 x 46 cm (24 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 63.2 x 46 cm (24 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
George R. Nutter Fund
Accession Number2003.760
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Le Blanc; Sabatelli: Disegni e incisioni 68
DescriptionFrom Revelations 1:12 - 1:16; from a series of six etchings in the Apocalypse series
Marks
Verso, left center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsInscribed lower right (below image) on recto: "Luigi Sabatelli inven. ed inc Milano."
Title inscription lower center on recto: "Et conversus vidi septem candelabra aurea... et in medio septem candelabrorum aureorum similem Filio hominis vestitum podere et praecintum ad mamillas Zona aurea. Et habebat in dextra sua stellas septem, et de ore ejus gladius utraque parte actus exibat &c. Apoc. c.l."
Title inscription lower center on recto: "Et conversus vidi septem candelabra aurea... et in medio septem candelabrorum aureorum similem Filio hominis vestitum podere et praecintum ad mamillas Zona aurea. Et habebat in dextra sua stellas septem, et de ore ejus gladius utraque parte actus exibat &c. Apoc. c.l."
ProvenanceLutz Riester, Freiburg, Germany; from whom purchased December 17, 2003