Dead Christ with the Holy Virgin and Two Angels, between mid-18th and early 19th century

  • Agostino Carracci, Italian, 1557-1602
  • Johann Gottlieb Prestel, German, 1739-1808

Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on paper glued or taped to a supporting sheet

  • Image: 8 5/8 × 11 1/4 inches (21.9 × 28.6 cm) Sheet: 11 3/8 × 13 5/8 inches (28.9 × 34.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S888

Inscribed, on a seperate sheet of blue (?) laid paper, attached to the center lower margin of the supporting sheet: Le Christ mort, avec la sainte Vièrge accablée de douleur, et deux anges. | D'après le Tableau Original d'Augustin Carache | No. 84. Gravé par J. T. Prestel.

July 1886, H.W. Lord. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Johann Gottlieb Prestel; after Agostino Carracci, Dead Christ with the Holy Virgin and Two Angels, between mid-18th and early 19th century, etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on paper glued or taped to a supporting sheet. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S888.