The Adoration of the Shepherds

1723

Anton Maria Zanetti I

Artist, Italian, 1680 - 1757

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut, four woodblocks in pink and three shades of grayish-blue on laid paper with gilt edges mounted on laid paper with wash borders

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 18.5 × 27.6 cm (7 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1952.8.486.39

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 39

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876) [bookplate]. (Pierre Berès Inc., New York); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, PA, purchased 1952; gift to NGA, 1952.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

At upper right: Franc. Parm. / Inv. / Ant. M.a Zanetti / del., et sculp." with the date "1723". At bottom, printed with a separate copperplate: "Illustrissimo, Potentissimoque Principi, ac Pictoriae artis Prophessorum vero Mecenati / Guglielmo Duci Devoniae etc etc etc typum hunc, et hoc coelaturae genus, tot ab hinc / annis obliteratum, et quasi deperditum Antonius Maria Zanetti restituit, donat, dicatque."; on mount, at lower center, in black ink, in later hand: 40; on mount, at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.39; verso: none

Markings

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65222406

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