About the Artwork
Martyrdom of Saint Christopher
18th century
Andrea Zucchi (Artist) Italian, 1678-1740 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Artist) Italian, 1696-1770 Tintoretto (Artist) Italian, 1519-1594 Domenico Lovisa (Publisher) Italian
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 23 3/8 × 15 inches (59.4 × 38.1 cm) Sheet: 23 7/8 × 15 1/4 inches (60.6 × 38.7 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1282
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: Gio: Batt: Tiepolo Delineo Inscribed, lower right: Andrea Zucchi Sculp. Inscribed, center lower margin: Decolazione di S. Cristoforo Opera del Tintoretto sopra | la portella dell'Organo della Madonna dall' Orto. Inscribed, lower right edge of plate: 19 (reversed) | Per Domenico Louisa Vene. Inscribed, in red pencil, lower right of sheet: 3 Pl:
Provenance
September 1887, C.J. Meyer (Carlsbad). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Andrea Zucchi; after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; after Tintoretto, Martyrdom of Saint Christopher, 18th century, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1282.
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