The Patron Saints of Bologna, between 1484 and 1557

  • Jacopo Francia, Italian, 1484-1557

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 9 7/8 × 9 inches (25.1 × 22.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S498

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)

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)

Jacopo Francia, The Patron Saints of Bologna, between 1484 and 1557, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S498.