The Fathers of the Church

18th century

Dosso Dossi, Artist Francesco Gandini, Artist Philipp Andreas Kilian, Artist

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Title The Fathers of the Church

Artwork Date 18th century

Makers Dosso Dossi (Artist) Italian, ca. 1479-1542 Francesco Gandini (Artist) Italian, 1723-1778 Philipp Andreas Kilian (Artist) German, 1714-1759

Medium Engraving printed in black on wove paper

Dimensions plate: 23 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. 60.3 x 35.2 cm sheet: 27 7/8 x 20 5/8 in. 70.7 x 52.3 cm

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1991.74

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Inscriptions In plate, lower left: Francesco Gandini, Delinev.; lower right: P.A. Kilian, Sculpt: Reg: Sculpsit Aug. V.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro Dosso / dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda. / Alto piedi 12. onc. 8. Largo piedi 7. onc. 13.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Dosso / de la Galerie Roiale de Dresde. / Haut 12. pieds 8. pouc. Large 7. pieds 3. pouc.; in black ink after Kilian: 1714- / 1759; after Dosso, lower right: about 1479-1560 / (Dosso); lower center: St. Jerome, St. Ambrose, St. Gregory, St. Augustine, / The Fathers of the Church / (God the Father blessing the Virgin); lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard / 1892.; in pencil lower center and lower right corner: 41

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Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN: Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 316.

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Philipp Andreas Kilian; after Dosso Dossi; after Francesco Gandini, The Fathers of the Church, 18th century, Engraving printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.74.

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