Artist Jacopo Francia, Italian, 1484-1557
Title
  • The Patron Saints of Bologna
Date between 1484 and 1557
Medium engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Dimensions Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 9 7/8 × 9 inches (25.1 × 22.9 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
Accession Number 09.1S498
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Marks Watermark, center bottom of sheet: [circular device]
Stamp, in blue, verso: K. F. F. von Nagler (Lugt 2529)
Stamps, in brown and one in black, verso: Kupfer- stichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Lugt 1606, 2922 and variation of 234)
Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: .I.F.
Inscribed, verso: [extensive pencil notations]
Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (Berlin, Germany);
November 1890, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany).
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)