Title
[Title page to set of five prints after the frescoes by Andrea Mantegna in the Ovetari Chapel of the Church of the Eremitani, Padua] : W.A. PRINCIPI A KAUNITZ, COMITI A RIETBERG, AUGG. A SANCTIOR. CONSILIIS CANCELLARIO, REBUS CUM EXTERIS GERENDIS PR
Creator
David, Giovanni, 1743-1790, printmaker.
Publication details
[Genoa?] : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXVI.
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured etching ; platemark 32.5 x 40 cm, on sheet 40.7 x 49.5 cm.
Description
Four putti holding a garland and a bust of Andrea Mantegna carved in stone, with an inscribed tablet at their feet at left and view of the Church of the Eremitani and the city of Padua in the background; dedication to Count Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg by Count Giacomo Durazzo, who commissioned the plates, with two lines from Horace's Epistles below; first state.
Place
Padua (Italy)
Additional information
Preparatory drawing in the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, inv. no. 1987.51.
Other persons
Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506, depicted.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.79.22.e.