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St. Thecla Praying for the End of the Plague in the City of Este
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo (Italian, 1736–before 1776)
After: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian (Venetian), 1696–1770)
After: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian (Venetian), 1696–1770)
1760-1761
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 76 x 52.2 cm (29 15/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 70.2 x 40.1 cm (27 5/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 70.2 x 40.1 cm (27 5/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2012.468
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Knox; Rizzi (1970) 220, ii/ii; Rizzi (1971) 224, ii/ii; de Vesme 3, ii/ii; Succi (1988) 6, ii/ii
DescriptionAfter the painting in the Duomo Abbaziale Basilica Santuario di Santa Tecla, in Este, near Padua
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceJohann Nepomuk Ernst Harrach, Vienna (1756-1829)(cf. Lugt 1282); Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, anonymous seller, May 26, 2011, lot 5387; to James A. Bergquist, Newton, Massachusetts; from whom purchased September 26, 2012