Mary Magdalene in the Desert
| Reference: | S49862 |
| Author | William Herbert |
| Year: | 1762 |
| Measures: | 355 x 250 mm |
€225.00
| Reference: | S49862 |
| Author | William Herbert |
| Year: | 1762 |
| Measures: | 355 x 250 mm |
€225.00
Description
Mary Magdalene in the desert: nude, resting under a tree, looking to the right and holding a skull in her left hand; after a drawing by Pier Francesco Mola.
Etching, printed in brown ink, 1762.
From Charles Rogers 'A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings to which are annexed lives with explanatory and critical notes by Charles Rogers Esq. F.R.S. S.A.L. / Quantanus nobis denegatur diu viver relinquamus aliquid quo nos vixisse testemur. Plin. Lib. III.. Epist. 7 / Printed by J. Nicholls, Successor to Mr Bowyer & Sold by John Boydell, Engraver, No. 93, Cheapside. Benjamin White, at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street. Peter Molini, in Oxendon-Street, Hay-Market M.DCC.LXXVIII'.
The plates were engraved after drawings in major British collections, including Charles Rogers' own, and published in two volumes in London.
A very good impression on contemporary laid paper, with margins, a light foxing, otherwise in good condition.
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William Herbert was an English bibliographer, known for his revision of the Typographical Antiquities of Joseph Ames.
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William Herbert was an English bibliographer, known for his revision of the Typographical Antiquities of Joseph Ames.
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