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Lodovico Carracci - 2 engravings from St. Michele Bologna 1776.
These rare copper engravings are from Il Claustro di S. Michele in Bosco di Bologna dipinto dal famoso Lodovico Carracci e da altri Eccellenti Maestri usciti Dalla Sua Scuola descritto ed illustrato da Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti (The Cloister of San Michele in Bosco in Bologna de Olivetani Monks painted by the famous Lodovico Carracci and other excellent masters from his school described and illustrated by Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti). Published in Bologna 1776.
Plate 35 from this work is entitled S. Cecilia moribonda in braccio a pietosi Christiani che piangono e la asciuguno il sangue delle ferite (St. Cecilia dying in the arms of pitiful Christiani who wept and wiped the blood from her wounds). This print was drawn by Domenico Maria Fratta after Lorenzo Garbieri and engraved by Giovanni Fabbri.
Plate 21 is entitled Li santi Valeriano e Tiburzio, che decapitati, sono portati a seppellire (The saints Valerian and Tiburtius, who are beheaded, are led to burial). This print was drawn by Domenico Maria Fratta after Alessandro Albini and engraved by Giovanni Fabbri.
Size: Page 16in x 11.5in (41cm x 29cm), 15in x 9.5in 38cm x 24cm).
The prints are in excellent condition - please inspect the images
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